René Cloete

My name is René Cloete. I was born in Vredenburg on the West Coast and I am 20 years old. I am in my 3rd and final year of Drama and Theatre Studies at Stellenbosch University. My love for theatre and the arts grew with my involvement with the ATKV Tienertoneel-competitions (2015–2017) and the kykNET National Acting Competition (2016–2017) during my high school career.

The plays I have been involved in, include:

Uniform (US Woordfees, dir Vicky Davis, 2017)
Vlerke vir almal (US Woordfees, dir Vicky Davis, 2018)
The B-File (US Woordfees, dir Caitlin Wiggle, 2018)
Inner voice (Premier Theatre Festival, dir Amber Fox-Martin, 2018)
Kantel (US Drama Department Honours production, dir Du Toit Dianne Albertze, 2018)
Psychosis 4.48 (US Drama Department Masters production, dir Caitlin Wiggle, 2019)
Kantel (Suidoosterfees Jongsterre, dir Du Toit Dianne Albertze, 2019)
Frida Kahlo op 'n veiling (Suidoosterfees Jongsterre; Vrystaat Kunstefees, dir Wian Taljaard, 2019)
Fortuin (Premier Theatre Festival, dir Carla Smith, 2019)
Dankie maar nee dankie (Premier Theatre Festival, dir Amé Reinke, 2019)
Draft five (Teksmark, Facilitated by Nicole Holm, 2019)
Agulhasvlakte (Teksmark, dir Herschelle Benjamin, 2019)
Die swart gevaar (SU Drama Department Arts Residency, dir Jefferson Tshabalala, 2020)
Huppelkind (Toyota Woordfees, dir Marthinus Basson, 2020)

Awards
Premier Festival
Nomination for Best Actress: Inner voice (2018)
Nomination for Best Actress: Dankie maar nee dankie (2019)

Suidoosterfees Jongsterre
Special mention: Frida Kahlo op 'n veiling (2019)

Toyota SU Woordfees
Best Upcoming Actress (2020)

Woord(TRO)fees se beste opkomende kunstenaar: "Geduld is die grootste les"

Marli van Eeden, René Cloete Toyota US Woordfees 2020-04-30

"Ek dink geduld is die grootste les. Geduld met die proses en met jouself." René Cloete was betrokke by die kinderteaterproduksie Huppelkind onder leiding van Marthinus Basson, en met Joanie Combrink, Stian Bam en Andrico Goosen as deel van die geselskap.

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