Taliep Petersen - Revision history

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Biography

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Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

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Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

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 Press Release 21 April 2016 by [[Peter Feldman]]: "[[Taliep Petersen]] Honoured with a Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award", [[The Famous Idea]] <info@thefamousidea.co.za>
+Denis-Constant Martin. 2013. Sounding the Cape Music, Identity and Politics in South Africa. African Minds.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Biography ==
-Born and grew up in [[District Six]]. On December 16 2006 he was shot by two intruders in his house.
+Born and grew up in [[District Six]].
 === Youth ===

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 Born and grew up in [[District Six]]. On December 16 2006 he was shot by two intruders in his house.
 === Youth ===
 He got involved in music at a very young age. Began performing at age six for his father’s “Coon Carnival” troupe, the [[Dark Town Strutters]]. He matriculated from Salt River High School in 1967.
 === Training ===
 In 1979 he studied at the Fitznell School of Music in Surrey, United Kingdom, and was so inspired by the UK's West End shows that he wrote a revue based on his memories of New Year in Cape Town. This revue was called ''[[Carnival à la District Six]]''.
 === Career ===

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	He returned to music in 2006 when he launched his first Afrikaans album, ''Deur Dik En Dun''. He was the presenter and musical director of Joltyd, a television series in which local minstrel troupes compete. Petersen, along with Deon Maas and Mynie Grove, was a judge for the [[Afrikaans]] version of ''[[Idols]]'' on television channel [[Kyknet]] in 2006, for which he and his family received death threats before the show had even started. His wife was held up at gunpoint outside their house in May while Petersen was in Namibia helping audition Idols hopefuls. He also received death threats on his phone, ordering him not to appear on the show. Despite the threats, Petersen decided to continue with the show and was a judge on it until it ended in August.		He returned to music in 2006 when he launched his first Afrikaans album, ''Deur Dik En Dun''. He was the presenter and musical director of Joltyd, a television series in which local minstrel troupes compete. Petersen, along with Deon Maas and Mynie Grove, was a judge for the [[Afrikaans]] version of ''[[Idols]]'' on television channel [[Kyknet]] in 2006, for which he and his family received death threats before the show had even started. His wife was held up at gunpoint outside their house in May while Petersen was in Namibia helping audition Idols hopefuls. He also received death threats on his phone, ordering him not to appear on the show. Despite the threats, Petersen decided to continue with the show and was a judge on it until it ended in August.
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		+	===Musicals by [[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]]===
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		+	* ''[[District Six - The Musical]]'' (1987)
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		+	* ''[[Fairyland]]'' (1990)
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		+	* ''[[Crooners]]'' (1992)
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		+	* ''[[Poison]]'' (1992, 1994, 2000)/re-written as ''[[Danger in the Dark]]'' (2019)
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		+	* ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'' (1995)
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		+	* ''[[Klop Klop]]'' (1996)
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		+	* ''[[Ghoema]]'' (2005)/''[[Ghoema - Spice Drum Beat]]'' (London version, 2006)

	== Awards, etc ==		== Awards, etc ==

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-PETERSEN, Taliep (1950-2006) Singer, musician, actor, composer and playwright.
+[[Taliep Petersen]] (1950-2006) was a singer, musician, actor, composer and playwright.
 == Biography ==
 Born and grew up in [[District Six]]. On December 16 2006 he was shot by two intruders in his house.
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 Together with [[David Kramer]] he created ''[[Poison]]'' which was staged at the [[Nico Malan Theatre]] in 1992. At the same time their ''[[Fairyland]]'' was staged at the [[Dock Road Theatre]] and ''[[Crooners]]'' was staged at the [[City Lights Theatre]].
-In 2001 Petersen worked on a 13-part television series on the history of [[District Six]], called ''O'se Distrik Ses'', which has won numerous awards in South Africa. He conceived a television sitcom called ''Alie Barber'', for which he wrote the songs in 2002. Due to its success, they filmed a second series.
+In 2001 Petersen worked on a 13-part television series on the history of [[District Six]], called ''[[O'se Distrik Ses]]'', which has won numerous awards in South Africa. He conceived a television sitcom called ''[[Alie Barber]]'', for which he wrote the songs in 2002. Due to its success, they filmed a second series.
-He returned to music in 2006 when he launched his first Afrikaans album, ''Deur Dik En Dun''. He was the presenter and musical director of Joltyd, a television series in which local minstrel troupes compete. Petersen, along with Deon Maas and Mynie Grove, was a judge for the Afrikaans version of Idols on television channel Kyknet in 2006, for which he and his family received death threats before the show had even started. His wife was held up at gunpoint outside their house in May while Petersen was in Namibia helping audition Idols hopefuls. He also received death threats on his phone, ordering him not to appear on the show. Despite the threats, Petersen decided to continue with the show and was a judge on it until it ended in August.
+He returned to music in 2006 when he launched his first Afrikaans album, ''Deur Dik En Dun''. He was the presenter and musical director of Joltyd, a television series in which local minstrel troupes compete. Petersen, along with Deon Maas and Mynie Grove, was a judge for the [[Afrikaans]] version of ''[[Idols]]'' on television channel [[Kyknet]] in 2006, for which he and his family received death threats before the show had even started. His wife was held up at gunpoint outside their house in May while Petersen was in Namibia helping audition Idols hopefuls. He also received death threats on his phone, ordering him not to appear on the show. Despite the threats, Petersen decided to continue with the show and was a judge on it until it ended in August.
 == Awards, etc ==
 As a teenager he won the Post newspaper Mr Entertainment competition in 1968/69.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-As singer and entertainer has performed with international stars. Petersen's first role in musical theatre was as a cast member of the touring production ''[[Hair]]'' in Maseru, Lesotho, followed by performances in ''[[Godspell]]'' and ''[[Pippin]]''. He starred in the [[Des Lindberg|Des]] and [[Dawn Lindberg]] production of ''[[Pippin]]'' with music and lyrics by [[Stephen Schwartz]] and direction, choreography and design by [[Des Lindberg]]. It also starred [[Sammy Brown]], [[Jo-Ann Pezzarro]], [[Bess Finney]], [[Hal Watters]], [[Sophia Foster]], [[Robin Dolton]] and [[Andre Hattingh]] at [[His Majesty's Theatre]] in 1975. In the 1980s, he started a successful band called Sapphyre, who played in hotels all over the country. The band released an album called Rosa, which reinterpreted traditional Cape Malay songs in a modern style.
+As singer and entertainer has performed with international stars. Petersen's first role in musical theatre was as a cast member of the touring production ''[[Hair]]'' in Maseru, Lesotho, followed by performances in ''[[Godspell]]'' and ''[[Pippin]]''. He starred in the [[Des Lindberg|Des]] and [[Dawn Lindberg]] production of ''[[Pippin]]'' with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (1948-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Schwartz_(composer)] and direction, choreography and design by [[Des Lindberg]]. It also starred [[Sammy Brown]], [[Jo-Ann Pezzarro]], [[Bess Finney]], [[Hal Watters]], [[Sophia Foster]], [[Robin Dolton]] and [[Andre Hattingh]] at [[His Majesty's Theatre]] in 1975. In the 1980s, he started a successful band called Sapphyre, who played in hotels all over the country. The band released an album called Rosa, which reinterpreted traditional Cape Malay songs in a modern style.
 Together with [[David Bestman]] he wrote and produced [[Ronnie Quibell]]’s production of ''[[Carnival à la District Six]]'' at the [[Civic Theatre]] and later at [[His Majesty's Theatre]] in 1980.

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	[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz\|Tucker]], 1997.		[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz\|Tucker]], 1997.

−	Press Release by [[Peter Feldman]]: "[[Taliep Petersen]] Honoured with a Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award", [[The Famous Idea]] <info@thefamousidea.co.za>	+	Press Release 21 April 2016 by [[Peter Feldman]]: "[[Taliep Petersen]] Honoured with a Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award", [[The Famous Idea]] <info@thefamousidea.co.za>
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 == Sources ==
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 As a teenager he won the Post newspaper Mr Entertainment competition in 1968/69.
-Among his many awards are the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Award]] for Best Contribution to a Musical or Revue for ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'' (1999) and the revival of  ''[[District Six]]'' (2002), and a [[Laurence Olivier Award]] as Best New Musical in 1999 for ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'', all of which he shared with [[David Kramer]]. In 2016 he received a posthumous [[Naledi Theatre Awards|Naledi]]
+Among his many awards are the [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Award]] for Best Contribution to a Musical or Revue for ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'' (1999) and the revival of  ''[[District Six]]'' (2002), and a [[Laurence Olivier Award]] as Best New Musical in 1999 for ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'', all of which he shared with [[David Kramer]]. In 2016 he received a posthumous [[Naledi Theatre Awards|Naledi Lifetime Achievement Award]] from the
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