Blou Uur

Blou Uur ("Blue Hour") is a full length play by Reza de Wet.

The original text

A dream-based play about reminiscence and regrets, it was originally written as a bilingual narrative, in English and Afrikaans, but first performed as an Afrikaans text in 2008, and was published by Maskew Miller Longman in the same year, with an introduction by Temple Hauptfleisch entitled Die Dramaturg as Dromer ("The dramatist as dreamer").

2008: First performed at the Aardklop festival in Potchefstroom, directed by Marthinus Basson starring Antoinette Kellermann, Aletta Bezuidenhout and Mary Dreyer The production won the Anglo-Gold Smeltkroes award for the text and the Beeld Plus Aardvarkprys for best design (to Marthinus Basson) in that year.

2009: The production played at the Woordfees and KKNK.

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