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== Computicket. ==

Deriving from [[Show Service]], a centralized booking office for theatres and cinemas founded by [[Percy Tucker]] in 1954, Computicket was created in 197* and was the first truly successful ticketing organisation in the world able to provide a single access point for tickets to all live performances, utilizing a national computer network. Not only the first workable and fully functioning such national system in the world, but to date still one of the most comprehensive and efficient. [[Aubrey Louw]] joined Percy Tucker after a successful career in production. ** In 199* Tucker sold it to the [[Rennies Group]]. (Tucker, 1997) Computicket: TUCKER, Percy,

== Computicket Award ==

Computicket Toekenning ("Computicket Award") Part of the DALRO Awards (1972-2003/4) Awarded for the best performance by an actress in an Afrikaans production in Johannesburg and Pretoria, sponsored by Computicket.

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 [[Aubrey Louw]] joined Percy Tucker after a successful career in production. **
-Tucker later sold [[Computicket]] to the [[Rennies Group]] and in 1994 retired as managing director of [[Computicket]].
+Tucker later sold [[Computicket]] to the [[Rennies Group]] and in 1994 retired as managing director of the company.
 == Sources ==

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 [[Aubrey Louw]] joined Percy Tucker after a successful career in production. **
-In 199* Tucker sold [[Computicket]] to the [[Rennies Group]].
+Tucker later sold [[Computicket]] to the [[Rennies Group]] and in 1994 retired as managing director of [[Computicket]].
 == Sources ==

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−	~~Deriving~~ from [[Show Service]], a centralized booking office for theatres and cinemas founded by [[Percy Tucker]] in 1954~~, Computicket was created in 197* and~~ was the first truly successful ticketing organisation in the world able to provide a single access point for tickets to all live performances, utilizing a national computer network. Not only the first workable and fully functioning such national system in the world, but to date still one of the most comprehensive and efficient. [[Aubrey Louw]] joined Percy Tucker after a successful career in production. ** In 199* Tucker sold it to the [[Rennies Group]].	+	[[Computicket]] was created by [[Percy Tucker]] (1928-2021) in 197*, having been derived from from [[Show Service]], a centralized booking office for theatres and cinemas founded by [[Percy Tucker\|Tucker]] in 1954.
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		+	It was the first truly successful ticketing organisation in the world able to provide a single access point for tickets to all live performances, utilizing a national computer network. Not only the first workable and fully functioning such national system in the world, but to date still one of the most comprehensive and efficient.
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		+	[[Aubrey Louw]] joined Percy Tucker after a successful career in production. **
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		+	In 199* Tucker sold [[Computicket]] to the [[Rennies Group]].

	In 1994 [[Percy Tucker]] retired as managing director of Computicket.		In 1994 [[Percy Tucker]] retired as managing director of Computicket.

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-Deriving from [[Show Service]], a centralized booking office for theatres and cinemas founded by [[Percy Tucker]] in 1954, Computicket was created in 197* and was the first truly successful ticketing organisation in the world able to provide a single access point for tickets to all live performances, utilizing a national computer network. Not only the first workable and fully functioning such national system in the world, but to date still one of the most comprehensive and efficient. [[Aubrey Louw]] joined Percy Tucker after a successful career in production. ** In 199* Tucker sold it to the [[Rennies Group]].   (Tucker, 1997) Computicket:  TUCKER, Percy,
+Deriving from [[Show Service]], a centralized booking office for theatres and cinemas founded by [[Percy Tucker]] in 1954, Computicket was created in 197* and was the first truly successful ticketing organisation in the world able to provide a single access point for tickets to all live performances, utilizing a national computer network. Not only the first workable and fully functioning such national system in the world, but to date still one of the most comprehensive and efficient. [[Aubrey Louw]] joined Percy Tucker after a successful career in production. ** In 199* Tucker sold it to the [[Rennies Group]].
 == Computicket Award ==
-Computicket Toekenning ("Computicket Award") Part of the DALRO Awards (1972-2003/4)   Awarded for the best performance by an actress in an Afrikaans production in Johannesburg and Pretoria, sponsored by Computicket.
+Computicket Toekenning ("Computicket Award") Part of the DALRO Awards (1972-2003/4).  Awarded for the best performance by an actress in an Afrikaans production in Johannesburg and Pretoria, sponsored by Computicket.