Paula Fourie
Paula Fourie is a writer who holds fellowships at the Bern University of the Arts and the Africa Open Institute at Stellenbosch University. She is the author of Mr Entertaiment: The Story of Taliep Petersen. She is also an occasional theatre director and the co-author (with Athol Fugard) of Concerning the Life of Babyboy Kleintjies. Paula’s published work includes academic articles, essays, interviews, dramatic texts and poetry, the latter which has appeared in several journals, including New Contrast, Stanzas and New Coin.
Die hond met die stert sonder swaai | The dog with the broken wag: ’n onderhoud met Paula Fourie
2023-11-15"Vir my is dit belangrik dat kinders lank voordat hul self kan lees en agter ’n skoolbank ingedruk word, moet besef dat mens met woorde kan speel en dat hulle jou kan meesleur soos ’n onstuitbare stroom. Ek hoop hierdie kinderboek dra daardie boodskap oor!" Onderaan die onderhoud met Paula Fourie verskyn daar ook inligting oor die boekbekendstelling wat op 18 November in Kaapstad plaasvind.
’n Bedrywige Woordfees vir Paula Fourie met Taliep, Babyboy Kleintjies en Athol
2022-10-06Paula Fourie is betrokke by twee van die prominentste aanbiedings op vanjaar se Toyota US Woordfees: haar boek Mr Entertainment – the story of Taliep Petersen word bekend gestel, en haar en Athol Fugard se drama Concerning the life of Babyboy Kleintjies debuteer by die fees. Melt Myburgh het met haar gesels.
Book review: The echo of a noise: A memoir of then and now by Pieter-Dirk Uys
2019-09-03"When Pieter-Dirk Uys appeared on a lonely stage at the 2017 Woordfees in Stellenbosch, dressed in black and discernible only by a white face, white hands and the words 'Almost famous' dancing white on his chest, I was in the audience. For over 90 minutes, I was mesmerised."
Memory on the stage: performativity in David Kramer and Taliep Petersen's Kat and the Kings
2015-10-15"Yet even though the major part of this musical appears to be set in and around the historical District Six, Kat and the Kings operates through the prism of memory."
Herinnering op die verhoog: performatiwiteit in David Kramer en Taliep Petersen se Kat and the Kings
2015-10-15"Vanweë die verweefdheid van wat agter die skerms gebeur en wat op die verhoog gebeur, word Kat and the Kings in hierdie artikel bespreek as ’n uitvoering en opvoering van die uitvoering en opvoering van herinnering."
'n Gesprek oor God van Klank
2015-09-01"Musiek het twee funksies. Die een is plesier en die ander een is alles behalwe plesier."
Gys de Villiers: "'n Afrikaner alien of extraordinary ability ..."
2015-06-09Vanuit New York gesels Gys de Villiers oor Afrikanerskap, identiteit en die moontlikheid van ontsnapping.
Athol Fugard en Pieter-Dirk Uys gesels met Paula Fourie
2015-05-07"Everything in South Africa has always been political. It’s still the oxygen of our daily breath."
