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Rob van Vuuren |
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Biographical
Information Rob van Vuuren graduated from Rhodes University with an honours degree in drama in 1997. He has taught at schools festivals around the country since 1997 and his Mung Fu workshops have been hugely successful and popular at these events. He has also taught at a University level to first and second year students at Rhodes University and the University of Cape Town. Occasionally he incites corporate clerical workers into moving outside of their comfort zones with a series of zany ,highly enjoyable and playful team building sessions. As an actor he has enjoyed success on stage and screen. He has been nominated for a Vita Best Actor Award for his portrayal of Al in Joshua Lindberg’s production of Birdy as well as a Fleur Du Cap Best Supporting Actor nomination for his portrayal of Ray Dooley in Janice Honeymans production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Rob has been creating his own work since 1995 and has had great success and acclaim countrywide, specifically with his one man shows Mung (1999) and Tangkupa (2001).This work is primarily mimetic in nature but employs influences from afar a field as Kung Fu, Rock Climbing, Dance and Butoh. The result is a unique form of physical comedy rich in invention, multiple characterization and energy. Rob is currently working on various film and t.v. scripts as well as the hit comedy show The Most Amazing Show which is on the fast track to cult status. The show is off the wall, comedic insanity which has unlimited potential in a variety of different mediums. TMAS and its two hilarious hosts Corne and Twakkie have toured the country as a stage show ( including a run of the show at the Smirnoff International Comedy Festival ), appeared as columnists for For Him Magazine and Student Life and starred in their very own Road Trip Movie. |
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