Lochner de Kock

Lochner de Kock (1950- ) is a South African actor, director, playwright and Afrikaans singer and lyricist.

Biography

Born Lambertus Lochner de Kock in Pretoria on 23 July 1950,

He is also well known as a chef, having written a number of cookbooks over the years.

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

As a playwright:

He wrote various educational plays for classroom use, among them Die Onsigbare Professor, Oupa waag 'n Kans and Piet Soek Werk. (Copies of the texts found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.)

He also wrote the play HTLV-3 and the television drama Grande Dame.

As a performer:

He has appeared in the University of Pretoria Drama Department production of Die Nag van Legio, in Die Kaukasiese Krytsirkel (1973), The Fall and Redemption of Man (1973), Die Wintersprokie (1974), Pavane (USAT 1974).

For PACT playwork he did The Exception and the Rule (1975), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1977).

Other productions include Die Storm (1978), Hello Out There (circa 1979), Woyzeck (in the title role, in Afrikaans 1981), Measure for Measure (1981), Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena (1984).

As a director

He directed Karol (1981).

As singer and lyric writer:

Best known for his hit single Tussen Treine (Afrikaans for "Between Trains") which he recorded with Richard van der Westhuizen.

Sources

http://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochner_de_Kock

SACD 1977/78.

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