Difference between revisions of "Dawie Malan"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 19: Line 19:
 
For [[SWAPAC]] he acted in ''[[Exit the King]]'' (King Berenger), ''[[Twee Dosyn Rooi Rose]]'' (Bernardo), ''[[The Lesson]]'' (The Professor), ''[[Elders Mooiweer en Warm|Elsewhere Fine and Warm]]'' (George). He also designed and stage managed ''[[Taraboemdery]]'' in 1976.  
 
For [[SWAPAC]] he acted in ''[[Exit the King]]'' (King Berenger), ''[[Twee Dosyn Rooi Rose]]'' (Bernardo), ''[[The Lesson]]'' (The Professor), ''[[Elders Mooiweer en Warm|Elsewhere Fine and Warm]]'' (George). He also designed and stage managed ''[[Taraboemdery]]'' in 1976.  
  
For [[Fringe]] he directed ''[[Exit the King]]'', ''[[Deathwatch]]'', ''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'', ''[[Info Scandals]]'', ''[[The Haunted Host]]'' ** ''[[Farce About Uys]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1983), ''[[Total Onslaught]]'' 1984 ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1984). A number of these played at the [[Market Theatre]], where he also directed  ''[[International Stud]]'' (19**) and helped build [[The Laager]].
+
For [[Fringe]] he directed ''[[Exit the King]]'', ''[[Deathwatch]]'', ''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'', ''[[Info Scandals]]'' ([[The Laager]] 1979), ''[[The Haunted Host]]'' ** ''[[Farce About Uys]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1983), ''[[Total Onslaught]]'' 1984 ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1984). A number of these played at the [[Market Theatre]], where he also directed  ''[[International Stud]]'' (19**) and helped build [[The Laager]].
  
 
He directed the [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] play ''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'' at the [[Baxter Theatre]] (1977) and as the opening production for the [[Laager Theatre]] in September 1978. He directed the play ''[[Info Scandals]]'' at [[The Laager]] in 1979. He directed [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]’ ''[[Karnaval]]'' starring [[Magda Beukes]], [[Lida Botha]], [[Dale Cutts]] and [[Joey de Koker]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1981.  
 
He directed the [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] play ''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'' at the [[Baxter Theatre]] (1977) and as the opening production for the [[Laager Theatre]] in September 1978. He directed the play ''[[Info Scandals]]'' at [[The Laager]] in 1979. He directed [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]’ ''[[Karnaval]]'' starring [[Magda Beukes]], [[Lida Botha]], [[Dale Cutts]] and [[Joey de Koker]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1981.  

Revision as of 08:36, 21 March 2016

(1949-1985) Actor and director

Biography

Born and grew up in Maltahöhe, South West Africa/Upington,South Africa (sources conflict), he was an immensely creative and talented performer and director, who battled physical disability and health problems to firmly establish himself as an influential presence in the Cape theatre of the 1970s and early 1980s.

Died tragically at the age of 36.

Training

He trained at the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department.

Career

He worked at the Space Theatre, then for a while for the CAPAB drama company, before he joined SWAPAC (1976). He moved to Johannesburg in 1977 to become a founder member of Fringe theatre company. Also did freelance work for Chris Pretorius’s Glass Theatre.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

At the Space Theatre he performed in Black Beauty and the Boss (Pieter-Dirk Uys, Labia, 1976), Snowhite & the Special Branch! (Pieter-Dirk Uys, Labia, 1976), He soon turned to directing and directed i.a. Die Trommel, Eskoriaal, Piekniek te Velde and Wooed and Viewed, and acted in Line / It’s called the Sugar Plum, Skyvers/Jollers, Snow White and the Special Branch, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore and Workplay.

For SWAPAC he acted in Exit the King (King Berenger), Twee Dosyn Rooi Rose (Bernardo), The Lesson (The Professor), Elsewhere Fine and Warm (George). He also designed and stage managed Taraboemdery in 1976.

For Fringe he directed Exit the King, Deathwatch, Die Van Aardes van Grootoor, Info Scandals (The Laager 1979), The Haunted Host ** Farce About Uys (Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1983), Total Onslaught 1984 (Pieter-Dirk Uys, 1984). A number of these played at the Market Theatre, where he also directed International Stud (19**) and helped build The Laager.

He directed the Pieter-Dirk Uys play Die Van Aardes van Grootoor at the Baxter Theatre (1977) and as the opening production for the Laager Theatre in September 1978. He directed the play Info Scandals at The Laager in 1979. He directed Pieter-Dirk UysKarnaval starring Magda Beukes, Lida Botha, Dale Cutts and Joey de Koker at Upstairs at the Market in 1981.

He also acted in a number of Afrikaans-language feature films: Die Spaanse Vlieg (1978), Dingetjie en Idi (1977), Eendag op ’n Reëndag (1975) and My Broer se Bril (1972).

Awards, etc

Sources

Astbury, 1979

Schwartz, 1988

Tucker, 1997. 369, 400.

Elsewhere Fine and Warm theatre programme, 1976.

http://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawie_Malan

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3369825/

Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography

Return to

Return to ESAT Personalities M

Return to South African Theatre Personalities

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page