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(19*-) Journalist, theatre reviewer, arts editor. ** Was arts editor of the Pretoria News in the 1980s??, founder and editor of VUKA! (198*-198*), De Kat (198*-) and Habitat???***
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[[Johan van Rooyen]] (19*-2004) theatre director, journalist, theatre reviewer, arts editor.
  
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==Biography==
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He died in March 2004 in a hospital in Pretoria.
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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He was arts editor of the ''[[Pretoria News]]'' in the 1980s, and subsequent founder and/or editor of a number of artsa and culture magazines, such as ''[[De Kat]]'' (founding editor, 1985), ''[[VUKA!]] (198*-198*), and [[Habitat]]''???***
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In 1980 he apparently founded [[PATSO]] (a student organisation for performing artists), which would eventually become an independent production company, known as PATO]] (the [[Performing Artists Theatre Organisation]]).
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== Sources ==
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''[[Pretoria News]]'', 19 March 1985.
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''[[Die Burger]]'', 30 March 2004.
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Latest revision as of 06:11, 13 October 2024

Johan van Rooyen (19*-2004) theatre director, journalist, theatre reviewer, arts editor.

Biography

He died in March 2004 in a hospital in Pretoria.

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

He was arts editor of the Pretoria News in the 1980s, and subsequent founder and/or editor of a number of artsa and culture magazines, such as De Kat (founding editor, 1985), VUKA! (198*-198*), and Habitat???***

In 1980 he apparently founded PATSO (a student organisation for performing artists), which would eventually become an independent production company, known as PATO]] (the Performing Artists Theatre Organisation).

Sources

Pretoria News, 19 March 1985.

Die Burger, 30 March 2004.

Go to the ESAT Bibliography

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