Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State - Revision history

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Performing Arts Centre of the Free State: 1996 - 2003

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Performing Arts Centre of the Free State: 1994 - 2003

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Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State: 1963-1993

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1994 - 2003

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1963-1993

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Sasol-teater, Sasolburg

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Presidensie Teater, Bloemfontein

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	[[Johann van Heerden]]. 2008. ''Theatre in a new democracy. Some major trends in South African theatre from 1994 to 2003.'' D.Phil Thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]].		[[Johann van Heerden]]. 2008. ''Theatre in a new democracy. Some major trends in South African theatre from 1994 to 2003.'' D.Phil Thesis. [[University of Stellenbosch]].
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 In April 1997 the new [[PACOFS]] closed their drama department and over a period reduced their total staff from 300 to 91
-started functioning primarily as a playhouse for productions in the [[Sand du Plessis Theatre]], the [[André Huguenet Theatre]] and the [[Civic Theatre]] in Bloemfontein and the [[Ernest Oppenheimer Theatre]] in Welkom. In December 1999, PACOFS severed ties with the city council of Welkom, who were the managers of the [[Oppenheimer Theatre]], as result of bad debts of about R1,2 million. The theatre’s staff was retrenched and the doors closed.
+started functioning primarily as a playhouse for productions in the [[Sand du Plessis Theatre]], the [[André Huguenet Theatre]] and the [[Civic Theatre]] in Bloemfontein and the [[Ernest Oppenheimer Theatre]] in Welkom. In December 1999, PACOFS severed ties with the city council of Welkom, who were the managers of the [[Ernest Oppenheimer Theatre]], as result of bad debts of about R1,2 million. The theatre’s staff was retrenched and the doors closed.
 When PACOFS closed their drama department, in contrast to the professional theatre artists in the other provinces, those in the Free State took the initiative and under leadership of [[Gerben Kamper]], artistic director of [[PACOFS]], formed the [[Free State Ensemble]], based at the [[Sterrewag Theatre]] ([[Observatory Theatre]]) in Bloemfontein.

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 For information on operas presented by [[PACOFS]], see [[PACOFS Opera]].
-==  '''Performing Arts Centre of the Free State''': 1994 - 2003==
+==  '''Performing Arts Centre of the Free State''': 1996 - 2003==
 In 1996 [[PACOFS]] became a section 21 (non-profit) company with reduced state subsidy and a management board appointed by the minister of [[Department of Arts Culture, Science and Technology|Arts Culture, Science and Technology]]. It later became an agency of the [[Department of Arts and Culture]], and was renamed the [[Performing Arts Centre of the Free State]],  thus retaining the acronym [[PACOFS]] .

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 = History =
-== '''Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State''': 1963-1993 ==
+== '''Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State''': 1963-1996 ==
 Founded in Bloemfontein in 1963, as part of the new dispensation that followed the dissolution of the [[National Theatre Organisation]]. [[Rex Hugo]] was appointed first director.

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−	The [[Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State]] ('''[[PACOFS]]''' )was one of the four provincial [[Performing Arts Councils]], founded in 1963 to replace the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]).	+	The [[Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State]] ('''[[PACOFS]]''' ) was one of the four provincial [[Performing Arts Councils]], founded in 1963 to replace the [[National Theatre Organisation]] ([[NTO]]).
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		+	Following the restructuring of the Performing Arts councils in the 1990s, it was renamed the [[Performing Arts Centre of the Free State]], thus retaining the acronym [[PACOFS]].

	The [[Afrikaans]] name was the '''[[Streeksraad vir die Uitvoerende Kunste van die Oranje Vrystaat]]''' ('''[[SUKOVS]]''').		The [[Afrikaans]] name was the '''[[Streeksraad vir die Uitvoerende Kunste van die Oranje Vrystaat]]''' ('''[[SUKOVS]]''').

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 === [[Observatory Theatre]] ===
-=== [[Sasol-teater]], Sasolburg ===
+=== [[Sasol Theatre]], Sasolburg ===
 ===[[Kroonstad Theatre]]===

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 === [[Bloemfontein Civic Theatre]] ===
-=== [[Presidensie Teater]], Bloemfontein===
+=== [[Presidensie Theatre]], Bloemfontein===
 === [[Observatory Theatre]] ===