Marthinus Basson - Revision history

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	2024: ''[[Die Fel Omstrede Kroon van Edward II en Gaveston]]''		2024: ''[[Die Fel Omstrede Kroon van Edward II en Gaveston]]''
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		+	2026: ''[[Art]]''

	===As designer/stage manager===		===As designer/stage manager===

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 : ''[[Mirakel]]'' ([[Reza de Wet]], [[CAPAB]]), ''[[Drif]]'' ([[Reza de Wet]], [[CAPAB]]), ''[[Boy Meets Boy]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
-: ''[[Othello]]'' for [[CAPAB]] at the [[Mannville Open Air Theatre]] in Port Elizabeth, ''[[La Bête]]'' ([[CAPAB]]), ''[[Cabaret]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
+: ''[[Othello]]'' for [[CAPAB]] at the [[Mannville Open Air Theatre]] in Port Elizabeth, ''[[La Bête]]'' ([[CAPAB]]), ''[[Cabaret]]'' ([[CAPAB]]), ''[[La Tragedie de Carmen]]'' ([[CAPAB Opera]])
 : ''[[Macbeth]]'' ([[CAPAB]]), ''[[Loot]]'' ([[CAPAB]]), ''[[La Tragedie de Carmen]]'' ([[CAPAB Opera]])

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 : ''[[Othello]]'' for [[CAPAB]] at the [[Mannville Open Air Theatre]] in Port Elizabeth, ''[[La Bête]]'' ([[CAPAB]]), ''[[Cabaret]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
-: ''[[Macbeth]]'' ([[CAPAB]]), ''[[Loot]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
+: ''[[Macbeth]]'' ([[CAPAB]]), ''[[Loot]]'' ([[CAPAB]]), ''[[La Tragedie de Carmen]]'' ([[CAPAB Opera]])
 : ''[[Drie Susters Twee]]'' ([[Reza de Wet]], [[CAPAB]])

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	2019: ''[[Die Gangsters]]'' ([[Suidoosterfees]])		2019: ''[[Die Gangsters]]'' ([[Suidoosterfees]])
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		+	2024: ''[[Die Fel Omstrede Kroon van Edward II en Gaveston]]''

	===As designer/stage manager===		===As designer/stage manager===

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 :  ''[[The Good Soldier Schweik]]'' (CAPAB), ''[[Die Jakkalsstreke van Scapino]]'' ([[CAPAB]]), ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
-: ''[[Ghetto]]'' ([[[[CAPAB]]]])
+: ''[[Ghetto]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
 : ''[[Aap in die Mou]]'' ([[CAPAB]]), ''[[Piekniek by Dingaan]]'' ([[CAPAB]]),  ''[[Tartuffe]]'' ([[CAPAB]]),  ''[[Hond se Gedagte]]'' ([[CAPAB]])

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 === As actor ===
 : ''[[Die Kaukasiese Krytsirkel]]'' ([[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]]), ''[[The Fall and Redemption of Man]]'' ([[Universiteitsteater Stellenbosch]])
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 : ''[[Saad]]'' ([[Vleis, Rys en Aartappels]])
+====Radio====
 He has performed in radio dramas, including:
 : ''[[Faan se Stasie]]''
 He has also appeared in the following films:

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 Has won numerous awards for directing and design over the years, including the [[Standard Bank Young Artist Awards|Young ArtistAward]] (1989), and many [[Vita Awards]] and [[Fleur du Cap|Fleur du Cap Awards]]. In 2002 he received the [[Erepenning vir Toneelkuns]] [medal of honour for theatre arts] from the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] for his contribution to South African theatre.
-He has also received the [[Nederburg Opera Award]] for ''[[Cavaliera Rusticana]]'' and the [[Fleur du Cap Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2015.
+He has also received the [[Nederburg Opera Award]] for ''[[Cavelleria Rusticana]]'' and the [[Fleur du Cap Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2015.
 == Sources ==

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	Has won numerous awards for directing and design over the years, including the [[Standard Bank Young Artist Awards\|Young ArtistAward]] (1989), and many [[Vita Awards]] and [[Fleur du Cap\|Fleur du Cap Awards]]. In 2002 he received the [[Erepenning vir Toneelkuns]] [medal of honour for theatre arts] from the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] for his contribution to South African theatre.		Has won numerous awards for directing and design over the years, including the [[Standard Bank Young Artist Awards\|Young ArtistAward]] (1989), and many [[Vita Awards]] and [[Fleur du Cap\|Fleur du Cap Awards]]. In 2002 he received the [[Erepenning vir Toneelkuns]] [medal of honour for theatre arts] from the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] for his contribution to South African theatre.
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		+	He has also received the [[Nederburg Opera Award]] for ''[[Cavaliera Rusticana]]'' and the [[Fleur du Cap Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2015.

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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	[[Beeld]], 23 January 2008.		[[Beeld]], 23 January 2008.
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		+	'Opera: a dark and stormy take on Verdi'. ''[[Weekend Special]]''. 31 January 2017.

	Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.		Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.

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 ==Career==
-Basson has had an extensive and prolific career in the theatre - as actor, director, designer and producer. He worked for the Space Theatre in the early 1970s. He was also involved with [[Chris Pretorius]]’s [[Glass Theatre]]. A founder-member of the [[Fringe Theatre Company]]  and [[CAPAB Youth Company]], where he was an actor for 6 years. He became [[CAPAB]]’s first permanent resident director in 1986 and went on to become one of the leading and more influential director/designers of the 1990s and early 21st century. When [[CAPAB]] became [[Artscape]] and dropped its permanent company, he worked freelance. He also worked for [[Syrkel Theatre Company|Syrkel]],  [[PACOFS]], the [[Baxter Theatre]], [[SWAPAC]], ''[[Huis Vol Uile]]'' in 1989.
+Basson has had an extensive and prolific career in the theatre - as actor, director, designer and producer. He worked for the Space Theatre in the early 1970s. He was also involved with [[Chris Pretorius]]’s [[Glass Theatre]]. A founder-member of the [[Fringe Theatre Company]]  and [[CAPAB Youth Company]], where he was an actor for 6 years. He became [[CAPAB]]’s first permanent resident director in 1986 and went on to become one of the leading and more influential director/designers of the 1990s and early 21st century. When [[CAPAB]] became [[Artscape]] and dropped its permanent company, he worked freelance. He also worked for [[Syrkel Theatre Company|Syrkel]],  [[PACOFS]], the [[Baxter Theatre]], [[SWAPAC]].
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==