Charles J. Fourie - Revision history

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 === Training ===
-Studied drama at the University of Potchefstroom, graduating in 1987.
+Studied drama at the [[University of Potchefstroom]], graduating in 1987.
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 He made his professional debut at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] in Johannesburg at the age of 19 and went on to receive the [[Henk Wybenga]] bursary to complete his drama studies at the [[University of the Northwest]] in 1987.
-Made his name with a neo-Absurdist play he wrote for the [[ATKV Kampustoneel]] in 198%*? (Die Ballade** van die Gryskoppe?). * and directed for * One of the founders of [[Skokiaan Theatre Bar]] in Cape Town (with [[Deon Goosen]]) and the ** and *** companies (in Cape Town and London respectively). A notable aspect of his playwriting is his post-modernist use of pastiche, utilizing the styles and works of other writers in genuinely interesting ways. Among his works are ''[[Diesel and Dust]] (and the fear of freefall'' (Sam Shepard revisited), ''[[Die Eend]]'' ("The Duck", based on Chekhov's ''The Seagull''), ''[[Don Gxubane Onner die Boere]]'' (A double reference to Don Juan and [[Bartho Smit]]'s striking satire ''[[Don Juan onder die Boere]]'', Fourie’s play produced 1994 ), **
+Made his name as playwright with a neo-Absurdist play he wrote for the [[ATKV Kampustoneel]]  and directed with fellow drama students from the [[Potchefstroom University for CHE]]. One of the founders of [[Skokiaan Theatre Bar]] in Cape Town (with [[Deon Goosen]]) and the ** and *** companies (in Cape Town and London respectively). A notable aspect of his playwriting is his post-modernist use of pastiche, utilizing the styles and works of other writers in genuinely interesting ways. Among his works are ''[[Diesel and Dust]] (and the fear of freefall'' (Sam Shepard revisited), ''[[Die Eend]]'' ("The Duck", based on Chekhov's ''The Seagull''), ''[[Don Gxubane Onner die Boere]]'' (A double reference to Don Juan and [[Bartho Smit]]'s striking satire ''[[Don Juan onder die Boere]]'', Fourie’s play produced 1994 ), **
 Since then he has written seminal works for the stage in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa. As playwright, director and sometimes producer he has had opportunity to work with some acclaimed actors and directors such as [[Tobie Cronjé]], Linda Marlowe (UK), [[Megan Wilson]], [[Chris Gxalaba]], [[Ramolao Makhene]], [[Gerrit Schoonhoven]], Philip Rham (UK), [[Gavin van den Berg]], [[Jeremy Bond]] (UK), [[Michelle Burgess]], Ian Harry (UK), [[André Roothman]], [[Danny Keogh]], Samantha Bond (UK) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Bond] and [[Trix Pienaar]].

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		+	[[Beeld]], 26 September 2011.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-PLAYS staged: ''[[Big Boys]]''- [[Market Theatre]] (Johannesburg), National Theatre of Namibia (Windhoek), Westcoast Ensemble Theatre (Los Angeles), Warehouse Theatre (London). ''[[The Parrot Woman]]''- [[Market Theatre]] (Johannesburg), Finborough theatre (London), Burton Taylor Studio (Oxford) and various other venues on tour. ''[[Diesel and Dust]]''- [[National Arts Festival]] (Grahamstown), [[Little Theatre]] (Cape Town). ''[[Rainbow Electric Roadhouse]]''- [[National Arts Festival]] (Grahamstown) ''[[Smiling Iona]]''- [[Rockspider Theatre]] (Cape Town), [[Black Sun Theatre]] (Johannesburg). ''[[Cut Ups]]''- [[Riverside Theatre]] (Cape Town). ''[[Mouthpieces]]''- [[Longstreet Theatre]] (Cape Town). ''[[Crime Babies]]''- [[Market Theatre]] (Johannesburg). ''[[Goddess of Song]]''- [[Artscape|Artscape Arena Theatre]] (Cape Town) and various other venues on tour. ''[[Stander]]''- [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter Theatre Studio]] (Cape Town) and various other venues on tour. ''[[The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife]]''- [[Baxter Theatre]] (Cape Town), staged reading Old Vic Theatre (London). ''[[Vrygrond]]''- [[Market Theatre]] (Johannesburg) and various other venues on tour. ''[[Die Eend]]''- [[State Theatre]] (Pretoria). ''[[Don Gxubane Onner die Boere]]''- [[State Theatre]] (Pretoria). ''[[Braaivleis]]''- [[KKNK]] Arts festival (Oudtshoorn) and other venues on tour. ''[[Skattebol]]''- [[KKNK]] Arts festival (Oudtshoorn). ''[[Jobias]]''- [[Artscape|Artscape Arena Theatre]] (Cape Town) and other venues on tour. ''[[Stywe Lyne]]''– [[KKNK]] Arts festival (Oudtshoorn) and other venues on tour. ''[[Demjanjuk]]''- [[Little Theatre]] (Cape Town), re-staged [[KKNK]] Arts festival (Oudtshoorn). ''[[Tussen Hemel en Aarde]]''- Hermanus Civic Theatre (Hermanus) and other venues on tour. ''[[Vrededorp]]''– [[Aardklop]] Arts festival (Potchefstroom) and other venues on tour. ''[[Trourock]]''- [[KKNK]] Arts festival (Oudtshoorn) and other venues on tour. ''[[Kurtz]]''- [[Aardklop]] Arts festival (Potchefstroom). ''[[Lawwe Geluide]]'' – Translation ''Noises Off'' by Michael Frayn [[KKNK]] Arts festival  (Oudtshoorn) and other venues on tour. ''[[Ella's Horses]]'' – [[Aardklop]] Arts festival and other venues on tour. In 2012 ''[[Die soet trane van Petrus Pansegrouw]]'' made its debut.
+PLAYS staged: ''[[Big Boys]]''- [[Market Theatre]] (Johannesburg), National Theatre of Namibia (Windhoek), Westcoast Ensemble Theatre (Los Angeles), Warehouse Theatre (London). ''[[The Parrot Woman]]''- [[Market Theatre]] (Johannesburg), Finborough theatre (London), Burton Taylor Studio (Oxford) and various other venues on tour. ''[[Diesel and Dust]]''- [[National Arts Festival]] (Grahamstown), [[Little Theatre]] (Cape Town). ''[[Rainbow Electric Roadhouse]]''- [[National Arts Festival]] (Grahamstown) ''[[Smiling Iona]]''- [[Rockspider Theatre]] (Cape Town), [[Black Sun Theatre]] (Johannesburg). ''[[Cut Ups]]''- [[Riverside Theatre]] (Cape Town). ''[[Mouthpieces]]''- [[Longstreet Theatre]] (Cape Town). ''[[Crime Babies]]''- [[Market Theatre]] (Johannesburg). ''[[Goddess of Song]]''- [[Artscape|Artscape Arena Theatre]] (Cape Town) and various other venues on tour. ''[[Stander]]''- [[Baxter Theatre|Baxter Theatre Studio]] (Cape Town) and various other venues on tour. ''[[The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife]]''- [[Baxter Theatre]] (Cape Town), staged reading Old Vic Theatre (London). ''[[Vrygrond]]''- [[Market Theatre]] (Johannesburg) and various other venues on tour. ''[[Die Eend]]''- [[State Theatre]] (Pretoria). ''[[Don Gxubane Onner die Boere]]''- [[State Theatre]] (Pretoria). ''[[Braaivleis]]''- [[KKNK]] Arts festival (Oudtshoorn) and other venues on tour. ''[[Skattebol]]''- [[KKNK]] Arts festival (Oudtshoorn). ''[[Jobias]]''- [[Artscape|Artscape Arena Theatre]] (Cape Town) and other venues on tour. ''[[Stywe Lyne]]''– [[KKNK]] Arts festival (Oudtshoorn) and other venues on tour. ''[[Demjanjuk]]''- [[Little Theatre]] (Cape Town), re-staged [[KKNK]] Arts festival (Oudtshoorn). ''[[Tussen Hemel en Aarde]]''- Hermanus Civic Theatre (Hermanus) and other venues on tour. ''[[Vrededorp]]''– [[Aardklop]] Arts festival (Potchefstroom) and other venues on tour. ''[[Trourock]]''- [[KKNK]] Arts festival (Oudtshoorn) and other venues on tour. ''[[Kurtz]]''- [[Aardklop]] Arts festival (Potchefstroom) and also ''[[Agterplaas]]''in 2011. ''[[Lawwe Geluide]]'' – Translation ''Noises Off'' by Michael Frayn [[KKNK]] Arts festival  (Oudtshoorn) and other venues on tour. ''[[Ella's Horses]]'' – [[Aardklop]] Arts festival and other venues on tour. In 2012 ''[[Die soet trane van Petrus Pansegrouw]]'' made its debut.
 ''[[Stywe Lyne]]'' vir [[KKNK]]. (2003)  ''[[Grot van die kaalkoppe]]'', ''[[Die Papegaaivrou]]'', ''[[Big Boys]]'', ''[[Stander]]'' met [[Albert Maritz]], [[Baxter Theatre]] (2003). ''[[Don Gxubane Onner die Boere]]'', ''[[Vrygrond]]''  en ''[[Die Eend]]'' –since 1994 produced.  A Season in South Afica in Old Vic Theatre, London. ''[[Vrededorp]]'' by Charles Fourie ([[KKNK]], 2005,

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 === Career ===
-He made his professional debut at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] in Johannesburg at the age of 19 and went on to receive the [[Henk Wybenga]] bursary to complete his drama studies at the University of the Northwest in 1987.
+He made his professional debut at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] in Johannesburg at the age of 19 and went on to receive the [[Henk Wybenga]] bursary to complete his drama studies at the [[University of the Northwest]] in 1987.
 Made his name with a neo-Absurdist play he wrote for the [[ATKV Kampustoneel]] in 198%*? (Die Ballade** van die Gryskoppe?). * and directed for * One of the founders of [[Skokiaan Theatre Bar]] in Cape Town (with [[Deon Goosen]]) and the ** and *** companies (in Cape Town and London respectively). A notable aspect of his playwriting is his post-modernist use of pastiche, utilizing the styles and works of other writers in genuinely interesting ways. Among his works are ''[[Diesel and Dust]] (and the fear of freefall'' (Sam Shepard revisited), ''[[Die Eend]]'' ("The Duck", based on Chekhov's ''The Seagull''), ''[[Don Gxubane Onner die Boere]]'' (A double reference to Don Juan and [[Bartho Smit]]'s striking satire ''[[Don Juan onder die Boere]]'', Fourie’s play produced 1994 ), **

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 Made his name with a neo-Absurdist play he wrote for the [[ATKV Kampustoneel]] in 198%*? (Die Ballade** van die Gryskoppe?). * and directed for * One of the founders of [[Skokiaan Theatre Bar]] in Cape Town (with [[Deon Goosen]]) and the ** and *** companies (in Cape Town and London respectively). A notable aspect of his playwriting is his post-modernist use of pastiche, utilizing the styles and works of other writers in genuinely interesting ways. Among his works are ''[[Diesel and Dust]] (and the fear of freefall'' (Sam Shepard revisited), ''[[Die Eend]]'' ("The Duck", based on Chekhov's ''The Seagull''), ''[[Don Gxubane Onner die Boere]]'' (A double reference to Don Juan and [[Bartho Smit]]'s striking satire ''[[Don Juan onder die Boere]]'', Fourie’s play produced 1994 ), **
-Since then he has written seminal works for the stage in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa. As playwright, director and sometimes producer he has had opportunity to work with some acclaimed actors and directors such as [[Tobie Cronjé]], Linda Marlowe (UK), [[Megan Wilson]], [[Chris Gxalaba]], [[Rhamalao Makhene]], [[Gerrit Schoonhoven]], Philip Rham (UK), [[Gavin van den Berg]], [[Jeremy Bond]] (UK), [[Michelle Burgess]], Ian Harry (UK), [[André Roothman]], [[Danny Keogh]], Samantha Bond (UK) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Bond] and [[Trix Pienaar]].
+Since then he has written seminal works for the stage in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa. As playwright, director and sometimes producer he has had opportunity to work with some acclaimed actors and directors such as [[Tobie Cronjé]], Linda Marlowe (UK), [[Megan Wilson]], [[Chris Gxalaba]], [[Ramolao Makhene]], [[Gerrit Schoonhoven]], Philip Rham (UK), [[Gavin van den Berg]], [[Jeremy Bond]] (UK), [[Michelle Burgess]], Ian Harry (UK), [[André Roothman]], [[Danny Keogh]], Samantha Bond (UK) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Bond] and [[Trix Pienaar]].
 In recent years Charles J. Fourie has ventured beyond South Africa to introduce his work to UK and international audiences. He became a founding member of Stages International with UK director Jeremy Bond, and together they presented staged readings of Fourie’s work in 2000 at the Soho Theatre and The Gate theatre, both in London. During 2001 they hosted ‘A Season in South Africa’ staged readings at the Old Vic under the patronage of [[Janet Suzman]] and the South African High Commission, with guest speakers Sir [[Antony Sher]] and actor [[John Kani]]. The event included Fourie’s own play ''[[The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife]]'' staged with Samantha Bond.