Fred Abrahamse - Revision history

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 Began work for the '''[[Troupe Theatre Company]]''', [[The Space Theatre]] in the 1970s and [[CAPAB]], For a while in the late 1980s and early 1990s he was a resident director at the [[Baxter Theatre]] and in 2008 he became co-founder and Artistic Director of the [[NewSpace Theatre]] in Long Street.
-With [[Charl-Johan Lingenfelder]], he opened the [[Comedy Warehouse]] and the [[Warehouse Theatres]] in Greenpoint, Cape Town.
+With [[Charl-Johan Lingenfelder]], he opened the [[Comedy Warehouse]] and [[The Warehouse]] theatre in Greenpoint, Cape Town.
 == As actor ==

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 Began work for the '''[[Troupe Theatre Company]]''', [[The Space Theatre]] in the 1970s and [[CAPAB]], For a while in the late 1980s and early 1990s he was a resident director at the [[Baxter Theatre]] and in 2008 he became co-founder and Artistic Director of the [[NewSpace Theatre]] in Long Street.
-With Charl-Johan Lingenfelder , he opened the [[Comedy Warehouse]] and the [[Warehouse Theatres]] in Greenpoint, Cape Town.
+With [[Charl-Johan Lingenfelder]], he opened the [[Comedy Warehouse]] and the [[Warehouse Theatres]] in Greenpoint, Cape Town.
 == As actor ==

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		+	[[Johann van Heerden]] (2008)][http://www.google.co.za/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCUQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.sun.ac.za%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F10019.1%2F1443%2Fvanheerden_theatre_2008.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1&ei=_egBU77CNYWJhQeE5oCADQ&usg=AFQjCNEWnD1BzeLnFmOV2tvyGLoMyNeT6Q&bvm=bv.61535280,d.Yms]

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	Began work for the '''[[Troupe Theatre Company]]''', [[The Space Theatre]] in the 1970s and [[CAPAB]], For a while in the late 1980s and early 1990s he was a resident director at the [[Baxter Theatre]] and in 2008 he became co-founder and Artistic Director of the [[NewSpace Theatre]] in Long Street.		Began work for the '''[[Troupe Theatre Company]]''', [[The Space Theatre]] in the 1970s and [[CAPAB]], For a while in the late 1980s and early 1990s he was a resident director at the [[Baxter Theatre]] and in 2008 he became co-founder and Artistic Director of the [[NewSpace Theatre]] in Long Street.
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		+	With Charl-Johan Lingenfelder , he opened the [[Comedy Warehouse]] and the [[Warehouse Theatres]] in Greenpoint, Cape Town.

	== As actor ==		== As actor ==

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 Soon he turned to directing, establishing himself as one of the leading new directors in the Cape from the the 1990s onward.
-His directing credits include ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (the [[Market Theatre]], 1989), ''[[District Six – The Musical]]'' (1987, [[Fleur du Cap]] Best Director), ''[[Steel Magnolias]]'' (1990), ''[[The Normal Heart]]'' (1992), [[Steven Berkoff]]’s ''[[Decadence]]'' (1993), Tony Kushner’s ''[[Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes|Angels in America]]'' part I: ''Millennium Approaches'' (1994), ''[[Beautiful Thing]]'' (1995, [[Fleur du Cap]] Best Director),  [[Steven Berkoff]]’s ''[[Greek]]'' (1996), Stephen Sondheim’s ''[[Assassins]]'' (2008), ''[[Cabaret]]'' (2011), [[Rafiek Mammon]]’s ''[[Seashells]]'' (2012).
+His directing credits include ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (the [[Market Theatre]], 1989), ''[[District Six – The Musical]]'' (1987, [[Fleur du Cap]] Best Director), ''[[Steel Magnolias]]'' (1990), ''[[The Normal Heart]]'' (1992), [[Steven Berkoff]]’s ''[[Decadence]]'' (1993), Tony Kushner’s ''[[Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes|Angels in America]]'' part I: ''Millennium Approaches'' (1994), ''[[Beautiful Thing]]'' (1995, [[Fleur du Cap]] Best Director),  [[Steven Berkoff]]’s ''[[Greek]]'' (1996), Stephen Sondheim’s ''[[Assassins]]'' (2008),  [[Rafiek Mammon]]’s ''[[Seashells]]'' (2012), ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' (2019), .
 Has directed some of the most successful and accessible productions of Shakespeare in South Africa. These include: the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] production of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', and the 2002 Maynardville production of Dream, ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]'' ([[Maynardville]], 2005),  and ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' ( Maynardville), ''[[The Tragedy of Richard III]]'' ([[Grahamstown Festival]], 2010), ''[[Shakespeare's R&J]]'' (2011) and ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (2012) [TH]

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-[[Fred Abrahamse]] (19**-) Actor, Designer  and Director. Studied drama at [[UCT]].
+[[Fred Abrahamse]] (19**-) Actor, Designer  and Director.
 Began work for the '''[[Troupe Theatre Company]]''', [[The Space Theatre]] in the 1970s and [[CAPAB]], For a while in the late 1980s and early 1990s he was a resident director at the [[Baxter Theatre]] and in 2008 he became co-founder and Artistic Director of the [[NewSpace Theatre]] in Long Street.
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 == As designer ==
 Among the productions he designed at the [[Baxter Theatre]] were ''[[The Collector]]'', ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'', ''[[Summit Conference]]'' and ''[[Skyf]]''.

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 Soon he turned to directing, establishing himself as one of the leading new directors in the Cape from the the 1990s onward.
-His directing credits include ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (the [[Market Theatre]], 1989), ''[[District Six – The Musical]]'' (1987, [[Fleur du Cap]] Best Director), ''[[Steel Magnolias]]'' (1990), Steven Berkoff’s ''[[Decadence]]'' (1993), Tony Kushner’s ''[[Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes|Angels in America]]'' part I: ''Millennium Approaches'' (1994), ''[[Beautiful Thing]]'' (1995, [[Fleur du Cap]] Best Director),  Steven Berkoff’s ''[[Greek]]'' (1996), Stephen Sondheim’s ''[[Assassins]]'' (2008), [[Rafiek Mammon]]’s ''[[Seashells]]'' (2012).
+His directing credits include ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (the [[Market Theatre]], 1989), ''[[District Six – The Musical]]'' (1987, [[Fleur du Cap]] Best Director), ''[[Steel Magnolias]]'' (1990), ''[[The Normal Heart]]'' (1992), [[Steven Berkoff]]’s ''[[Decadence]]'' (1993), Tony Kushner’s ''[[Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes|Angels in America]]'' part I: ''Millennium Approaches'' (1994), ''[[Beautiful Thing]]'' (1995, [[Fleur du Cap]] Best Director),  [[Steven Berkoff]]’s ''[[Greek]]'' (1996), Stephen Sondheim’s ''[[Assassins]]'' (2008), [[Rafiek Mammon]]’s ''[[Seashells]]'' (2012).
 Has directed some of the most successful and accessible productions of Shakespeare in South Africa. These include: the [[Handspring Puppet Company]] production of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', and the 2002 Maynardville production of Dream, ''[[Much Ado about Nothing]]'' ([[Maynardville]], 2005),  and ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' ( Maynardville), ''[[The Tragedy of Richard III]]'' ([[Grahamstown Festival]], 2010), ''[[Shakespeare's R&J]]'' (2011) and ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (2012) [TH]

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 == Awards, etc. ==
-He won a [[Fleur du Cap]] award  for his direction of ''[[A Beautiful Thing]].
+He won a [[Fleur du Cap]] award  for his direction of ''[[Beautiful Thing]].
 == Sources ==