Wikus du Toit (born 18 June 1972) is a South African producer,

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, and director.

Background

He was born in

Bethal Bethal () is a farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The farms in the region produce maize, sunflower seeds, sorghum, rye and potatoes. The town lies east of Johannesburg on the N17 National Route. History The town originated on an old farm ...

on 18 June 1972 and went on to study drama at the

Tshwane University of Technology Tshwane University of Technology (TUT; af, Tshwane-Universiteit vir Tegnologie) is a higher education institution in South Africa that came into being through a merger of three technikons — Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and ...

where he completed a

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. He has appeared in numerous

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and English stage shows, films and television programs. In 2010 his play ''Kaptein Geluk'' was shortlisted for the Nagtegaal Playwriting Award. From 2003 to 2018 he was a full-time senior lecturer in

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and

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. Currently he is a commissioning editor for

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working on

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's scripted content.

Live shows

His professional career started in 1996 with ''Ses'' (''Six''), for which he won the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival's (

KKNK The Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (Afrikaans for ''Little Karoo National Arts Festival'' and usually abbreviated to ''KKNK'') is an Afrikaans language arts festival that takes place yearly in the South African town of Oudtshoorn. The festival i ...

) Best Newcomer award. *In 2000 he was co-composer of the first Afrikaans musical, ''Antjie Somers''. ''Antjie Somers'' won the Fleur de Cap in 2000 for Best Musical *In 2001 he won the FNB Vita Award for the best new performer by a new male performer in ''El Grande de Coca-Cola'' *In 2002 he won the FNB Vita Award for the best musical theatre male performer in ''play@risk'' * In 2003 he won the Nagtegaal Scriptwriting Competition for his cabaret ''10 gesprekke oor die man wat nie wou huil nie.''Berigte Beeld
10 July 2003

Film appearances

* ''A Drink in the Passage'' (2002) directed by

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* '' Stander'' (2003) * ''A Case of Murder'' (2004) * ''

Semi-Soet ''Semi-Soet'' is an Afrikaans-language romantic comedy directed by Joshua Rous. It stars Anel Alexander and Nico Panagio and was released on 17 February 2012. Cast * Anel Alexander as Jaci van Jaarsveld * Corine du Toit as Denise Marais * P ...

'' (2012)

Television

* ''

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'' in which he was part of the permanent cast (2010-2015) * ''Erfsondes''

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series for

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* ''Backstage'' the

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daily soap opera where he was the musical director from 2002 to 2005 * ''Parlement Parlement''

comedy game show (2017) * ''Point of Order'' Comedy game show for

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(2018)

Film scores composed

*''A Drink in the Passage'' (2002) *''The Unforgiving'' (2010) *''Roer Jou Voete'' (2015)

Written work

* ''Ses'' (1996) Afrikaans cabaret about a contextualized 'modern' Creation-story * ''Stilettos'' (1997) Afrikaans cabaret about faith healing. * ''10 Gesprekke oor die man wat nie wou huil nie'' (2003). Award-winning cabaret about the

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set in a modern

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n farm environment. * ''smallchange'' (2004) Nominated cabaret written for and performed by Elzabé Zietsman * ''Sing'' (2008) Afrikaans

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thriller set in the French court during the

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period. * ''Kaptein Geluk'' (2009) Published play about abuse, relationships and personal growth. * ''Sirkus'' (2013) Commissioned play about a man-eating circus that invades a small town. *''Roer Jou Voete'' (2015) 26 Episode Drama for Television broadcast on SABC3

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Du Toit, Wikus 1972 births Living people People from Bethal Afrikaner people South African male actors Tshwane University of Technology alumni