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John Van De Ruit Prepares To Launch His Third Book Spud – Learning To Fly

John van de Ruit, author of Spud and Spud ~ The Madness Continues…, will soon be launching his third book titled Spud ~ Learning to Fly on the 10th June. This time Spud returns to take on one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This much anticipated book promises to be as [...]

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John van de Ruit – Journal Entry – April 1

KUALA LUMPUR (Malaysia) 1st APRIL 71 DAYS to launch Happy April fools day y’all! Since my job is to make people laugh and to distract them from their daily lives with idiotic nonsense, i shall therefore desist from attempting an April fool’s joke about myself. Options i considered were: I’m not coming back. I’m having a sex change. I’m racing [...]

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John van de Ruit

John van de Ruit was born in Durban and educated at Michaelhouse and the University of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) where he completed his Masters Degree (Cum laude) in Drama and Performance studies. John has performed in a number of productions and highlights which include title roles in Hamlet and Master Harold… and the [...]

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