Neil Sonnekus

Neil Sonnekus (born circa 1960). Journalist, playwright, novelist.

Biography
He moved to Auckland, New Zealand, with his wife and children in 2007. His novel Son (also published in Afrikaans entitled Seun) was published in 2017.

Training
He studied at Rhodes University Drama Department, graduating with an honours degree in 1982.

Career
While living in South Africa he was a film critic at the Mail and Guardian.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
He had a role in 'n Bruid in die Môre as a student in 1979.

He directed Salomé as an Honours class production in June 1982.

He wrote the plays Motel (produced at the 1979 National Arts Festival), Habitual, The Grey Zone and The Way the Land Lies.

Awards, etc
His play The Grey Zone was runner-up for the Amstel Playwright of the Year Award in 1993.

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