Casper de Vries - Revision history

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Miriamt at 14:47, 20 June 2017

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 Casper went on to achieve fame for his one-man, stand-up style shows, with their crude and uninhibited approach, which he usually wrote and performed himself, relying on his talent for mimicry, his freeflowing use of rude language and his diminutive size for laughs. Initially he worked with a number of other artists on his shows (e.g. [[Didi Kriel]], [[Trevor Muller]], [[Alan Hunter]], [[Lolly Sonmez]], [[Eppie Angeleri]]), but between 1992-1997 with [[Andrew Roos]] exclusively.
 Made his name with the cabaret ''[[Hallo Suid-Afrika]]'', his examination project for the Drama Department at Stellenbosch in 1986, later named ''[[Hallo Suid-Afrika/ Hello South Africa]]'' and performed widely in the country with a cast that included himself, [[Johan Engelbrecht]], [[Elsabé Zietsman]], [[June van Merch]] and [[Didi Kriel]].
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 He wrote, composed and directed the cabaret ''[[Hello South Africa/Hallo Suid-Afrika]]'' starring himself, [[Johan Engelbrecht]], [[Elsabé Zietsman]], [[June van Merch]] and [[Didi Kriel]] at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] circa 1986. His one-man show ''[[Small Talks]]'' was staged at the [[Richard Haines Theatre]] in December 1992.  ''[[Snaaks Genoeg]]'', at [[Caesar's]], Gauteng,  2004.
-He made some appearances in films and on television, from 200* hosting his own late-night TV chat show ''''Casper Rasper'''' ("Casper Grater").
+He made some appearances in films and on television, from 200* hosting his own late-night TV chat show ''''Casper Rasper'''' ("Casper Grater").  In 2024 he performed in ''[[Tollie Parton and Greetje Appelmoes]]'' at the [[Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees]] with [[Wynand Kotze]].
 == Awards, etc ==
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 [[Oggendblad]], 6 May 2004.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 He was discovered as comic genius when performing in [[Hennie Aucamp]]’s cabaret’s (notably ''[[Slegs vir Almal]]'') and other presentations.
-Casper went on to achieve fame for his one-man, stand-up style shows, with their crude and uninhibited approach, which he usually wrote and performed himself, relying on his talent for mimicry, his freeflowing use of rude language and his diminutive size for laughs. Initially he worked with a number of other artists on his shows (e.g. [[Didi Kriel]], [[Trevor Muller]], [[Alan Hunter]], [[Lolly Sonmez]], [[Eppie Angeleri]]), but between 1992-1997 with [[Andrew Roos]] exclusively. Made his name with ''[[Hallo Suid-Afrika/ Hello South Africa]]'' in 1986, followed by i.a. ''[[AU]]'' (1987), ''[[Onemanshows/ Eenmanwys]]'' (1989), ''[[Ziets en De Vries]]'' (1990/91), ''[[Small Talks]]'' (1992/93), ''[[Gemini]]'' (1994), ''[[Ontvries]]'' ("Unfrozen" - 1995/1996), ''[[WalgWors '97!]]'' (lit. "Retch Sausage '97!" - 1997), WETTER (1998), TOET & TAAL (1999), ''[[laatdaarLAGwees]]'' ("let there be laughter" - 2000), ''[[DiMensie]]'' (A play on the Afrikaans for  "dimension" and "the little person" - 2001/2002), ''[[Laat daar lag wees]]'' (2002) and ''[[Die HITS]]'' (2002-2003).
+Casper went on to achieve fame for his one-man, stand-up style shows, with their crude and uninhibited approach, which he usually wrote and performed himself, relying on his talent for mimicry, his freeflowing use of rude language and his diminutive size for laughs. Initially he worked with a number of other artists on his shows (e.g. [[Didi Kriel]], [[Trevor Muller]], [[Alan Hunter]], [[Lolly Sonmez]], [[Eppie Angeleri]]), but between 1992-1997 with [[Andrew Roos]] exclusively.
 Also performed as actor in i.a. ''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1992), ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' (1993), ''[[Steve en Vriende]]'' ([[Steve Hofmeyr]] and other singers, 1997).

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 Also performed as actor in i.a. ''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1992), ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' (1993), ''[[Steve en Vriende]]'' ([[Steve Hofmeyr]] and other singers, 1997).
-He wrote, composed and directed the cabaret ''[[Hello South Africa/Hallo Suid-Africa]]'' starring himself, [[Johan Engelbrecht]], [[Elsabé Zietsman]], [[June van Merch]] and [[Didi Kriel]] at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] circa 1986. His one-man show ''[[Small Talks]]'' was staged at the [[Richard Haines Theatre]] in December 1992.  ''[[Snaaks Genoeg]]'', at [[Caesar's]], Gauteng,  2004.
+He wrote, composed and directed the cabaret ''[[Hello South Africa/Hallo Suid-Afrika]]'' starring himself, [[Johan Engelbrecht]], [[Elsabé Zietsman]], [[June van Merch]] and [[Didi Kriel]] at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] circa 1986. His one-man show ''[[Small Talks]]'' was staged at the [[Richard Haines Theatre]] in December 1992.  ''[[Snaaks Genoeg]]'', at [[Caesar's]], Gauteng,  2004.
 He made some appearances in films and on television, from 200* hosting his own late-night TV chat show ''''Casper Rasper'''' ("Casper Grater").

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 Also performed as actor in i.a. ''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1992), ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' (1993), ''[[Steve en Vriende]]'' ([[Steve Hofmeyr]] and other singers, 1997).
-He wrote, composed and directed the cabaret ''[[Hello South Africa/Hallo Suid-Africa]]'' starring himself, [[Johan Engelbrecht]], [[Elsabé Zietsman]], [[June van Merch]] and [[Didi Kriel]] at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] circa 1986. His one-man show ''[[Small Talks]]'' was staged at the [[Richard Haines Theatre]] in December 1992.  [[Snaaks Genoeg]], at [[Caesar's]], Gauteng,  2004.
+He wrote, composed and directed the cabaret ''[[Hello South Africa/Hallo Suid-Africa]]'' starring himself, [[Johan Engelbrecht]], [[Elsabé Zietsman]], [[June van Merch]] and [[Didi Kriel]] at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] circa 1986. His one-man show ''[[Small Talks]]'' was staged at the [[Richard Haines Theatre]] in December 1992.  ''[[Snaaks Genoeg]]'', at [[Caesar's]], Gauteng,  2004.
-He made some appearances in films and on television, from 200* hosting his own late-night TV chat show ''Casper Rasper'' ("Casper Grater").
+He made some appearances in films and on television, from 200* hosting his own late-night TV chat show ''''Casper Rasper'''' ("Casper Grater").
 == Awards, etc ==

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 Also performed as actor in i.a. ''[[Die Van Aardes van Grootoor]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1992), ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' (1993), ''[[Steve en Vriende]]'' ([[Steve Hofmeyr]] and other singers, 1997).
-He wrote, composed and directed the cabaret ''[[Hello South Africa/Hallo Suid-Africa]]'' starring himself, [[Johan Engelbrecht]], [[Elsabé Zietsman]], [[June van Merch]] and [[Didi Kriel]] at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] circa 1986. His one-man show ''[[Small Talks]]'' was staged at the [[Richard Haines Theatre]] in December 1992.  [[Die Nuwe Jaar 2004 Show]], at [[Caesar's]] 2004.
+He wrote, composed and directed the cabaret ''[[Hello South Africa/Hallo Suid-Africa]]'' starring himself, [[Johan Engelbrecht]], [[Elsabé Zietsman]], [[June van Merch]] and [[Didi Kriel]] at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] circa 1986. His one-man show ''[[Small Talks]]'' was staged at the [[Richard Haines Theatre]] in December 1992.  [[Snaaks Genoeg]], at [[Caesar's]], Gauteng,  2004.
 He made some appearances in films and on television, from 200* hosting his own late-night TV chat show ''Casper Rasper'' ("Casper Grater").

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 == Sources ==
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 Won the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]] for Most Promising Student in 1986.
-The Lifetime Achiever Recipient: Casper de Vries
+The Lifetime Achiever Recipientfrom Comicschoice.
 Nominated [[Vita Award]] (Free State region) 1999 for best comedian and best costume design for his show ''Casper de Vries''.