First Physical Theatre Company - Revision history

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 ==Company members==
-Company members over the years have included [[Samantha Pienaar]], [[Lanon Prigge]], [[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]], [[Reza de Wet]], [[Heike Gehring]], [[Acty Tang]],  [[Sheena Stannard]], [[Craig Morris]].
+Company members over the years have included [[Andrew Buckland]], [[P.J. Sabbagha]], [[Rob van Vuuren]], [[Samantha Pienaar]], [[Lanon Prigge]], [[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]], [[Reza de Wet]], [[Heike Gehring]], [[Acty Tang]],  [[Sheena Stannard]], [[Craig Morris]].
 ==Productions==
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 : ''[[Dialogue]]''
 :  ''[[The Unspeakable Story]]''
 : ''[[Dead: A Slight History of One Called Ivan]]''
 : ''[[lake…beneath the surface]]''
 : ''[[On the Lake]]''
 : ''[[Vrypas]]''

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 Founded informally in July 1993 by [[Gary Gordon]] as a project of the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]].  The aim of the company was to “create a leading and powerful repertoire of new South African theatre works; devise high profile exciting and illuminating educational and development programmes; achieve and maintain a highly professional and critical level of creative educational and performance ability; publish and distribute in-depth and critical writing on dance and theatre development in South Africa” (Gary Gordon: Lessons and Mirrors, July 1997) To this end it employs both students and professional performers trained by the Department. Ultimately the company is best known for its physical theatre performances at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and the Vita [[Dance Indaba]], as well as other arts festivals.
 ==Company members==
-Company members over the years have included [[Samantha Pienaar]], [[Lanon Prigge]], [[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]], [[Reza de Wet]], [[Heike Gehring]], [[Acty Tang]],  [[Sheena Stannard]].
+Company members over the years have included [[Samantha Pienaar]], [[Lanon Prigge]], [[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]], [[Reza de Wet]], [[Heike Gehring]], [[Acty Tang]],  [[Sheena Stannard]], [[Craig Morris]].
 ==Productions==
 Works produced by the company include:
 :  ''[[The Unspeakable Story]]''
-: ''[[Vrypas]]''
+: ''[[Dead: A Slight History of One Called Ivan]]''
 : ''[[lake…beneath the surface]]''
 : ''[[On the Lake]]''
 : ''[[16 Kinds of Emptiness]]''

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 :  ''[[The Unspeakable Story]]''
-: ''[[Vrypas]]'' ([[National Arts Festival]])
+: ''[[Vrypas]]''
-''[[lake…beneath the surface]]'',
+: ''[[lake…beneath the surface]]''
-: ''[[16 Kinds of Emptiness]]'' ([[National Arts Festival]])
+: ''[[On the Lake]]''
 Annually for a number of years they also presented their New Voices  programme with their young performers and choreographers at the [[NAF]], under the artistic direction of [[Gary Gordon]].

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 :  ''[[The Unspeakable Story]]''
-: ''[[Vrypas]]'' (National Arts Festival
+: ''[[Vrypas]]'' ([[National Arts Festival]])
 ''[[lake…beneath the surface]]'',
-: ''[[16 Kinds of Emptiness]]'' ([[National Arts Festival]]).
+: ''[[16 Kinds of Emptiness]]'' ([[National Arts Festival]])
 Annually for a number of years they also presented their New Voices  programme with their young performers and choreographers at the [[NAF]], under the artistic direction of [[Gary Gordon]].
 The manuscripts and other materials of these productions are held in the [[National English Literary Museum]] ([[NELM]]) in Grahamstown, as the '''[[FPTC Archive]]'''.
 ==Awards==

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 '''It is often also listed simply as [[First Physical]], or on occasion referred to by its acronym as the [[FPTC]].'''
 Founded informally in July 1993 by [[Gary Gordon]] as a project of the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]].  The aim of the company was to “create a leading and powerful repertoire of new South African theatre works; devise high profile exciting and illuminating educational and development programmes; achieve and maintain a highly professional and critical level of creative educational and performance ability; publish and distribute in-depth and critical writing on dance and theatre development in South Africa” (Gary Gordon: Lessons and Mirrors, July 1997) To this end it employs both students and professional performers trained by the Department. Ultimately the company is best known for its physical theatre performances at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and the Vita [[Dance Indaba]], as well as other arts festivals.
-Works produced by the company include *** (199*),   ''[[The Unspeakable Story]]'' (1996) created by Gordon, dramatist [[Reza de Wet]], mime-artist [[Andrew Buckland]] and students from the company, ***** (199*), ****(199*), and ***** (200*), ''[[Vrypas]]'' (NAF, 2006), ''[[lake…beneath the surface]]'',  ''[[16 Kinds of Emptiness]]'' ([[NAF]], 2006). Annually for a number of years they also presented their New Voices  programme with their young performers and choreographers at the [[NAF]], under the artistic direction of Gary Gordon. Company members over the years have included [[Samantha Pienaar]], [[Lanon Prigge]], [[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]], [[Reza de Wet]], [[Heike Gehring]], [[Acty Tang]],  [[Sheena Stannard]] ***
+==Company members==
 The manuscripts and other materials of these productions are held in the [[National English Literary Museum]] ([[NELM]]) in Grahamstown, as the '''[[FPTC Archive]]'''.
+[[First Physical Theatre Company]] was a finalist in the 2003 [[Arts and Culture Trust Awards]] for Most Successful ACT-funded Project.
 == Sources ==

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−	[[First Physical Theatre Company]] is a theatre company attached to the [[Rhodes University]] ~~Drama Department~~.	+	[[First Physical Theatre Company]] is a theatre company attached to the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]].

	'''It is often also listed simply as [[First Physical]], or on occasion referred to by its acronym as the [[FPTC]].'''		'''It is often also listed simply as [[First Physical]], or on occasion referred to by its acronym as the [[FPTC]].'''

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	[[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]]. 2018. "Drifting: Reminiscing. Remembering. Reinventing. Reza" (Draft manuscript, courtesy of the author.)		[[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]]. 2018. "Drifting: Reminiscing. Remembering. Reinventing. Reza" (Draft manuscript, courtesy of the author.)
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	Go to the First Physical Theatre website at http://www.ru.ac.za/firstphysical		Go to the First Physical Theatre website at http://www.ru.ac.za/firstphysical

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 Founded informally in July 1993 by [[Gary Gordon]] as a project of the [[Rhodes University Drama Department]].  The aim of the company was to “create a leading and powerful repertoire of new South African theatre works; devise high profile exciting and illuminating educational and development programmes; achieve and maintain a highly professional and critical level of creative educational and performance ability; publish and distribute in-depth and critical writing on dance and theatre development in South Africa” (Gary Gordon: Lessons and Mirrors, July 1997) To this end it employs both students and professional performers trained by the Department. Ultimately the company is best known for its physical theatre performances at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] and the Vita [[Dance Indaba]], as well as other arts festivals.
-Works produced by the company include *** (199*),   ''[[The Unspeakable Story]]'' (1996) created by Gordon, dramatist [[Reza de Wet]], mime-artist [[Andrew Buckland]] and students from the company, ***** (199*), ****(199*), and ***** (200*), ''[[Vrypas]]'' (NAF, 2006), ''[[lake...beneath the surface]]'' ''[[16 Kinds of Emptiness]]'' (NAF, 2006). Annually for a number of years they also presented their New Voices  programme with their young performers and choreographers at the NAF, under the artistic direction of Gary Gordon. Company members over the years have included [[Samantha Pienaar]], [[Lanon Prigge]], [[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]], [[Reza de Wet]], [[Heike Gehring]], [[Acty Tang]],  [[Sheena Stannard]] ***
+Works produced by the company include *** (199*),   ''[[The Unspeakable Story]]'' (1996) created by Gordon, dramatist [[Reza de Wet]], mime-artist [[Andrew Buckland]] and students from the company, ***** (199*), ****(199*), and ***** (200*), ''[[Vrypas]]'' (NAF, 2006), ''[[lake...beneath the surface]]'',  ''[[16 Kinds of Emptiness]]'' ([[NAF]], 2006). Annually for a number of years they also presented their New Voices  programme with their young performers and choreographers at the [[NAF]], under the artistic direction of Gary Gordon. Company members over the years have included [[Samantha Pienaar]], [[Lanon Prigge]], [[Juanita Finestone-Praeg]], [[Reza de Wet]], [[Heike Gehring]], [[Acty Tang]],  [[Sheena Stannard]] ***
-The manuscripts and other materials of these productions are held in the [[National English Literary Museum]] ([[NELM]]) in Grhamstown, as the '''[[FPTC Archive]]'''.
+The manuscripts and other materials of these productions are held in the [[National English Literary Museum]] ([[NELM]]) in Grahamstown, as the '''[[FPTC Archive]]'''.