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'''SERFONTEIN, Emile''' (197*-1999) was a South African actor. He was killed in a road accident near Oudtshoorn while he was playing a role at the [[KKNK]] 1999 in [[Pieter Fourie]]'s ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]'', a [[KKNK]]/[[State Theatre]]/[[Playhouse Company]]/[[PACOFS]]/[[CAPAB]] co-production directed by [[Marthinus Basson]]. In 1998 he played Ritsos in [[Breyten Breytenbach]]'s ''[[Boklied]]'', also directed by [[Marthinus Basson]].
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'''SERFONTEIN, Emile''' (1977-1999) was a South African actor.
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== Biography ==
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He was born and raised in Mossel Bay in the Southern Cape Province circa 1977.
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He was killed in a road accident near Oudtshoorn while he was playing a role at the [[KKNK]] 1999.
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=== Youth ===
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=== Training ===
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He did not have formal drama training.
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=== Career ===
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He joined the New Life theatre company in Mossel Bay. The company devised its own workshopped presentations and performed locallt and in Europe.
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He moved to the Cape where he joined the [[Breughel Teatergroep]].
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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He had a role in ''[[Ek, Anna van Wyk]]'', a [[KKNK]]/[[State Theatre]]/[[Playhouse Company]]/[[PACOFS]]/[[CAPAB]] co-production directed by [[Marthinus Basson]]. In 1998 he played Ritsos in [[Breyten Breytenbach]]'s ''[[Boklied]]'', also directed by [[Marthinus Basson]].
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He had a role in a feature film by [[Akim Omotoso]].
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== Awards, etc ==
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He was awarded a regional [[Vita Award]] in Bloemfontein in the category Most Promising Portrayal for his role in ''[[Boklied]]''.
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He was nominated for a Cape regrional [[Vita Award]] in the category Most Promising Performance by a New Actor-Actress for ''[[Twelfth Night]]'',  1998.
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== Sources ==
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''Die Volksblad'', 6 April 1998.
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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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== Return to ==
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Return to [[ESAT Personalities  S]]
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Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]
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Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
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Return to [[Main Page]]

Revision as of 18:07, 26 February 2016

SERFONTEIN, Emile (1977-1999) was a South African actor.

Biography

He was born and raised in Mossel Bay in the Southern Cape Province circa 1977.

He was killed in a road accident near Oudtshoorn while he was playing a role at the KKNK 1999.

Youth

Training

He did not have formal drama training.

Career

He joined the New Life theatre company in Mossel Bay. The company devised its own workshopped presentations and performed locallt and in Europe.

He moved to the Cape where he joined the Breughel Teatergroep.

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

He had a role in Ek, Anna van Wyk, a KKNK/State Theatre/Playhouse Company/PACOFS/CAPAB co-production directed by Marthinus Basson. In 1998 he played Ritsos in Breyten Breytenbach's Boklied, also directed by Marthinus Basson.

He had a role in a feature film by Akim Omotoso.

Awards, etc

He was awarded a regional Vita Award in Bloemfontein in the category Most Promising Portrayal for his role in Boklied.

He was nominated for a Cape regrional Vita Award in the category Most Promising Performance by a New Actor-Actress for Twelfth Night, 1998.

Sources

Die Volksblad, 6 April 1998.


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