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[[Billy de la Querra]](1955-) is a stage technician and professional photographer.  
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[[Billy de la Querra]] (1955-) is a theatre technician and stage manager, carpet salesman and professional photographer.  
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
  
 
The son of [[Willem de la Querra]] and Catharina Gezina de la Querra, he was born  on 6de February 1955, in Durbanville , one of five children, including [[Carin de la Querra]].
 
The son of [[Willem de la Querra]] and Catharina Gezina de la Querra, he was born  on 6de February 1955, in Durbanville , one of five children, including [[Carin de la Querra]].
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He started out in theatre, working for [[CAPAB]] in the mid-1970s, but by 1980 he had entered the carpet business and become a professional photographer with his own company, JWC Productions.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
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He has had no formal training, but learnt theatre skills from a young age while working as an assistant to his father.   
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Though he had no formal training, he learnt theatre skills from a young age while working as an assistant to his father, building and painting sets and so on. 
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In those years he was also cast as a page in a production of ''[[Antigone]]'' by [[Fred Engelen]].  
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By late 1975 he had become part of  [[John Birch]]'s  technical team for the [[CAPAB]] touring company of ''[[Faan se Trein]]'' (Fourie).
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In January 1976 he obtained a permanent appointment with [[CAPAB]], becoming an assistant stage manager, working under [[Martin Crous]] and [[Pieter de Swardt]]. In his first year he toured with 9 different productions, the first being ''[[Die Belofte]]'' ("The Promise"), which toured the Western and Eastern Cape region for three months.
  
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As a youth he was also cast as a page in a production of ''[[Antigone]]'' by [[Fred Engelen]].  
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In 1977 the was made stage manager for the national tour of ''[[Faan se Stasie]]'' (Fourie) going to Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Mosselbay.
  
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By 1975 he was part of  [[John Birch]]'s  technical team for the touring company of ''[[Faan se Trein]]''. In January 1976 he obtained a permanent appointment with [[CAPAB]], becoming an assistant stage manager, working under [[Martin Crous]] and  [[Pieter de Swart]]. In his first year he toured with 9 different productions, the first being ''[[Die Belofte]]'' ("The Promise"), which toured the Western and Eastern Cape region for three months. Hy was nie almal se gunsteling nie, maar vir ons jong klomp was hy soos goud.
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He is also credited as the lighting designer on the [[CAPAB]] production of ''[[Geleende Vere]]'' (1979).
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Ons het die hele Kaap Provinsie & Oos Kaap vir amper 3 maande ge-toer.
 
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Elke dorp met sy unieke stel aanpassings. Wonderlik!
 
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Die volgende jaar as ons weer op toer met John Birch se, Faan se Stasie, na Jhb, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, & Mosselbaai.
 
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Op 21 jaar oud was ek die 'Verhoog Direkteur'. Soe, in die begin was dit n uitdaaging, maar die tegniese span was gou op dreef.
 
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Maar, dit was tyd vir groter dinge.
 
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Ten spyte van my sporadiese hakkel, van kleins af, wou ek nog steeds n akteur word.
 
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Om my self vertroue op te bou, het ek by Arthur Murray, as n dans instrukteur, aangesluit, n mooi meisie ontmoet, getrou, en kon my pad nie weer terug vind nie.
 
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Wat net n tydelike werk in die mat bedryf sou wees, is nou al 35 yaar my beroep!
 
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Ek is bly dat  ek is darem genoem is, as die beligting ontwerper, in:
 
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'Geleende Vere'
 
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Latest revision as of 10:25, 16 June 2015

Billy de la Querra (1955-) is a theatre technician and stage manager, carpet salesman and professional photographer.

Biography

The son of Willem de la Querra and Catharina Gezina de la Querra, he was born on 6de February 1955, in Durbanville , one of five children, including Carin de la Querra.

He started out in theatre, working for CAPAB in the mid-1970s, but by 1980 he had entered the carpet business and become a professional photographer with his own company, JWC Productions.

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

Though he had no formal training, he learnt theatre skills from a young age while working as an assistant to his father, building and painting sets and so on.

In those years he was also cast as a page in a production of Antigone by Fred Engelen.

By late 1975 he had become part of John Birch's technical team for the CAPAB touring company of Faan se Trein (Fourie).

In January 1976 he obtained a permanent appointment with CAPAB, becoming an assistant stage manager, working under Martin Crous and Pieter de Swardt. In his first year he toured with 9 different productions, the first being Die Belofte ("The Promise"), which toured the Western and Eastern Cape region for three months.

In 1977 the was made stage manager for the national tour of Faan se Stasie (Fourie) going to Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Mosselbay.

He is also credited as the lighting designer on the CAPAB production of Geleende Vere (1979).

Sources

Private e-mail correspondence with Billy de la Querra, 8-10 June 2015.

http://jwcproductions.co.za/wp/about-us/

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