Paulet Huis: The video aired at the Jakes Gerwel Herdenking / Commemoration 2023 event, held at Youngblood-Africa Gallery in Cape Town last Thursday. The video takes you right into the heart of the transformative writing experience Paulet House has become famous for since 2019.
It will certainly get you running for pen, paper and laptop to take your storytelling to the next level. The next level can be found here: https://jgf.org.za/residencies/.
Welcome to Paulet House! Welkom by Paulet Huis. Bon appétit!!!
Videos and images supplied by: Theo Kemp, Jeremeo Le Cordeur, Gilbert van Zyl, Nash van Zyl, Lee-Ann van Rooi, Angela Briggs, Tertius Kapp, Daneel Jantjies, Miché C van Wyk, Tshego Nkwane, Sihle Qwabe, Reginald Hufkie, Lisa-Anne Julien, Alan Hobson (A&A Adventures.EC)
The Paulet House / Paulet Huis song was composed and performed by: NATi Jong Sterre 2023: Miché C van Wyk, Miliswa Mbandazayo, Mikayla Brown and Cara Rossouw (video filmed by Lee-Ann van Rooi).
Compiler and video editor: Jeremeo Le Cordeur
Thank you to all the writers who contributed videos. The individual videos will be published over the next few days on the Jakes Gerwel Foundation website, the JGF blog Paulet House Stories and shared on Jakes Gerwel Foundation social media pages.
Theo Kemp obtained his master’s degree in creative writing at Stellenbosch University. He has been involved with various projects in the arts before his role as, among others, project manager of the Woordfees, advertising coordinator at NB Publishers, programme manager at the KKNK as well as at the Vrystaat Literature Festival and as executive director of the Breytenbach Centre in Wellington.
Theo is also the author of three novels, Skool, Strafjaart and Klein Konings.
Jeremeo le Cordeur, gebore en getoë in Wellington in die Wes-Kaap, het ’n kreatiewe siel. Sedert hy aan City Varsity se Skool vir Media en Skeppende Kuns gegradueer het, werk Le Cordeur as kunsfotograaf en neem hy verskillende rolle in die teaterwêreld op. Le Cordeur is die entrepreneur agter Vulture Productions, ’n produksie- en ontwerpplatform vir kreatiewe en oorspronklike Suid-Afrikaanse teaterstukke. As vervaardiger en regisseur het Le Cordeur reeds vele suksesvolle teaterproduksies gelewer. In 2014 behartig hy die regie van Tannie Dora goes bos, Warren Meyer se skreeusnaakse spannings- en moorddrama wat tydens die Kunstekaap se agste Kunstefees vir Vrouemenslikheid opgevoer is. In 2019 is hy die regisseur van Mama, die karakterstuk waaraan hy met Chenal Kock meegewerk het. In dieselfde jaar sien sy twee eenmanstukke Jerry, an unconventional hero en Dude, wa’s my bakkie? die lig. In 2019 ontvang hy die NATi Jong Sterre-toekenning by die Suidoosterfees.
