Akademiespelers

(1975-1986) An amateur theatrical society for students and alumni of the ADK, co founded in 1975 by Danie Botha, . They regularly put on plays in the intimate venue called Die Kamer ("The Room"), a space used for a variety of presentations, inter alia kabarette (cabarets) by Gerard Scholtz, new dramas , etc. The company also took children’s theatre on tour to towns in the Boland. The society became defunct in 1986.

See also the Akademie vir Dramakuns

Sources

E-mail correspondence with Danie Botha 2 January, 2014.

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