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He was one-time editor of the educational journal ''[[Lantern]]'' (later known as ''[[Vuka!]]'') and '''''Tuinhuis''''', then became the arts editor the ''[[Pretoria News]]'' in the 1980s. In 1985 he became the founder and/or editor of the arts and lifestyle journal '''''[[De Kat]]''''' and editor of '''''Habitat Magazine South Africa[https://www.facebook.com/habitatMagSA/]'''''.
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He was one-time editor of the educational journal ''[[Lantern]]'' (later known as ''[[Vuka!]]'') and editor of '''''Habitat Magazine South Africa[https://www.facebook.com/habitatMagSA/]'''''. In the 1980s he became an influential  arts editor of the ''[[Pretoria News]]''and in 1985 founded and was the first editor of the arts and lifestyle journal '''''[[De Kat]]'''''.
  
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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His direct involvement in theatre apparently included the founding of [[PATSO]] (a student organisation for performing artists) in 1980, an association that would eventually become an independent production company, then known as '''[[PATO]]''' (the '''[[Performing Artists Theatre Organisation]]''').
  
 
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== Sources ==

Revision as of 07:38, 18 December 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 one-time editor of the educational journal Lantern (later known as Vuka!) and editor of Habitat Magazine South Africa[1]. In the 1980s he became an influential arts editor of the Pretoria Newsand in 1985 founded and was the first editor of the arts and lifestyle journal De Kat.

His direct involvement in theatre apparently included the founding of PATSO (a student organisation for performing artists) in 1980, an association that would eventually become an independent production company, then known as PATO (the Performing Artists Theatre Organisation).

Sources

Pretoria News, 19 March 1985.

Die Burger, 30 March 2004.

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