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In January 1994 [[Die Bosflerrie se Bostent-teater]] (the Bush Flirt’s Bush Tent Theatre) was opened by actor [[Lourens Swanepoel]] next to a lion park in Randburg, Johannesburg and its target audience was specifically the more conservative, traditional Afrikaners.
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[[Die Bosflerrie se Bostent-teater]] ("the Bush Flirt’s Bush Tent Theatre") was opened by actor [[Lourens Swanepoel]] adjacent to a lion park in Randburg, Johannesburg and its target audience was specifically the more conservative, traditional Afrikaners. The name comes from a line in a one-man show done by Swanepoel, entitled ''[[Oom Harry en die pienk flerrie]]'' ("Uncle Harry and the pink flirt"). 
  
At the time Swanepoel told Afrikaans newspaper [[Die Burger]] that the theatre is intended exclusively for Afrikaans-language productions. He intends, with this project, to "help build a successful future for our Afrikaans culture and the survival of our mother tongue" (translated from Afrikaans). [[Die Bosflerrie se Bostent-teater]] was opened on Sunday 23 January 1994 by [[Eugène Terre'Blanche]], the conservative political activist who founded the [[Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging]] (AWB), who read some of his own poetry.
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== Founding and early history ==
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[[Die Bosflerrie se Bostent-teater]] was opened on Sunday 23 January 1994 with [[Eugène Terre'Blanche]], playwright and founder-leader of  the ultra right-wing [[Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging]] [[(AWB]]), reading some of his own poetry by candle light.
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== Aims and function ==
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In January 1994 Swanepoel told [[Afrikaans]] newspaper [[Die Burger]] that the theatre is intended exclusively for Afrikaans-language productions. He intends, with this project, to "help build a successful future for our Afrikaans culture and the survival of our mother tongue" (translated from [[Afrikaans]]).  
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== Performances ==
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== Current status ==
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== Impact on SA theatre, film, media and/or performance ==
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== Sources ==
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Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]

Latest revision as of 11:54, 18 June 2014

Die Bosflerrie se Bostent-teater ("the Bush Flirt’s Bush Tent Theatre") was opened by actor Lourens Swanepoel adjacent to a lion park in Randburg, Johannesburg and its target audience was specifically the more conservative, traditional Afrikaners. The name comes from a line in a one-man show done by Swanepoel, entitled Oom Harry en die pienk flerrie ("Uncle Harry and the pink flirt").

Founding and early history

Die Bosflerrie se Bostent-teater was opened on Sunday 23 January 1994 with Eugène Terre'Blanche, playwright and founder-leader of the ultra right-wing Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), reading some of his own poetry by candle light.

Aims and function

In January 1994 Swanepoel told Afrikaans newspaper Die Burger that the theatre is intended exclusively for Afrikaans-language productions. He intends, with this project, to "help build a successful future for our Afrikaans culture and the survival of our mother tongue" (translated from Afrikaans).

Performances

Current status

Impact on SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Sources

Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography

Return to

Return to South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page