Francois Venter

Francois Venter (19**-).

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

After graduating from University of the Witwatersrand's School of Dramatic Art with a BA (Dramatic Art) in 1994, Venter worked as South African co-ordinator on the 1994 Dogtroep workshop for the Arts Alive Festival. He was a founder member of KLAP public performance company in 1995, and was involved in various performance projects in Newtown, the Market Theatre and in downtown Joburg. He also worked as company/stage manager for Junction Avenue Theatre Company, and attended a two-week theatre workshop in Berlin. In 1996 he worked with street theatre outfit Jungle Performance. In 1997, he was involved in founding the Performance Initiative, and worked on a four-week master class with nine South African artists and Dogtroep in Oudtshoorn. The result of the master class was the creation of the show, Sweet Pham-Pham, which the South African team took on a national tour as the A1 Theatre Company. In recent years, Venter has taught at Wits School of Dramatic Art and the Market Theatre Laboratory, and obtained his Master’s degree in Performance Studies at Wits.

Francois wrote the one-act plays Woknakwyf! and Kandy en Dagga is Gagga.

He built the set for a production of Caritas in 1983 and had a role in Tooth and Nail (NAF 1991).

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