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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
He has performed in ''[[N vir Neurose]]'', ''[[Vagina Dentata]]'', ''[[Ubu en die Secrecy Bill]]''. ''[[Balbesit]]'' among others.  
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He has performed in ''[[N vir Neurose]]'', ''[[Vagina Dentata]]'', ''[[Ubu en die Secrecy Bill]]'' and ''[[Balbesit]]''. Other productions as actor include ''[[Korte mette met die versamelde werke van William Shakespeare]]'', ''[['n Seder val in Waterkloof]]'' (2011), ''[[Richard III]]'', ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?| Wie's Bang vir Virginia Woolf?]]'' (2103/2014) and ''[[Die Monster in die Gang]]''.
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He wrote and directed ''[[Undone]]'' at the [[National Arts Festival]], 2015. He wrote ''[[Die Dag is Bros]]'', ''[[Die Ontelbare 48]]''.
 
He wrote and directed ''[[Undone]]'' at the [[National Arts Festival]], 2015. He wrote ''[[Die Dag is Bros]]'', ''[[Die Ontelbare 48]]''.
  
He has had roles in several radio dramas and has appeared in a drama on television.
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He has had roles in several radio dramas (e.g. ''[[People are Living There|Daar Leef Mense Daar]]'' [[RSG]], 2012) and has appeared in a drama on television.
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

Revision as of 11:16, 19 April 2017

Wessel Pretorius (1986-*). Actor, director, playwright.


Biography

Youth

He grew up in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga.


Training

He studied drama at the University of Pretoria and honours in drama at the Stellenbosch University Drama Department. He considers his high school drama teacher Jan Prinsloo as well as Antoinette Kellermann, Marthinus Basson and Christiaan Olwagen as his mentors.


Career

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

He has performed in N vir Neurose, Vagina Dentata, Ubu en die Secrecy Bill and Balbesit. Other productions as actor include Korte mette met die versamelde werke van William Shakespeare, 'n Seder val in Waterkloof (2011), Richard III, Wie's Bang vir Virginia Woolf? (2103/2014) and Die Monster in die Gang.


He wrote and directed Undone at the National Arts Festival, 2015. He wrote Die Dag is Bros, Die Ontelbare 48.

He has had roles in several radio dramas (e.g. Daar Leef Mense Daar RSG, 2012) and has appeared in a drama on television.

Awards, etc

Among the various prizes awarded to him are Fleur du Cap for Most Promising Student, Best actor, Aardklop festival, 2012. His solo production Ont-, written by himself, was crowned as the best drama production at the Woordfees in March 2012.

Awarded a Kanna Prize at the KKNK 2017.

Sources

Rapport, 7 April 2013.

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