Wim Vorster

Wim Vorster. Actor, stage manager, playwright. Graduated (B.Dram.) at the University of Pretoria Drama Department in 1975, having had lecturers such as Anna Neethling-Pohl, Hannes Horne, Neels Hansen, Fred Steyn, Carel Trichardt. Joins PACOFS in 1974, first as actor, later also as stage manager and company manager.

1974 : Aangestel by SUKOVS as akteur. Speel o.a. in The Jar (Pirandello/regie Jannie Gildenhuys,) Koningin en die Rebelle (Ugo Betti/regie William Egan,) Biblioteekprogram (regie Kristie Herbst,) Skoleprogram (regie Chris Fourie,) Deathwatch (Jean Genet/regie Johan Esterhuizen,) Die Goeie Mens van Setzuan (Bertolt Brecht/regie William Egan) Pacofskiets (regie Ernst Eloff)

1975 - 1977 : Werksaam by SUKOVS as akteur, verhoogbestuurder en geselskapbestuurder. Speel o.a Dr Dulcamara se assistent (mimiekrol) in die opera L=Elisir D=Amore (Donizetti/regie Conrad Haikes.) Doen regie van die eenbedryf operas Prima la Musica (Salieri) en Game of Chance (Evelyn Manacher Draper.) Besoek Europa Desember 1975/ Januarie 1976 en sien talle verhoogproduksies en Europese rolprente. Word in 1977 deur NARUK genooi om die verhoogbestuur van die toerproduksie (met speelvak in Durban) Edwardian Scrapbook onder leiding van Malcolm Woolffson te doen.

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