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Apart from her stage work (children's theatre, cabaret, etc.), she works as radio presenter and she is co-owner of [[Die Boer theatre]] restaurant [https://dieboer.com/] in Durbanville.
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Apart from her stage work (children's theatre, cabaret, etc.), she works as radio presenter and she is co-owner, with her husband ,  of [[Die Boer]] theatre restaurant [https://dieboer.com/] in Durbanville.
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

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Margit Meyer-Rödenbeck (1970-) Comedienne, actress, cabaret artiste, producer.

She is also widely known by her stage persona and alter ego, Dowwe Dolla. (meaning something like "dim-witted doll").


Biography

She was born in Paarl in 1970, matriculated in Durbanville and started her studies at the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department in 1988. She graduated with a B.A. (Hons) in 1991 and completed a master's degree in theatre management in 1997.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

As a student she assisted Juanita Swanepoel in directing a UTS production of WAM (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) (1991).

While a student she and Pedro Kruger devised a few cabaret acts, including one featuring the now famous and beloved character Dowwe Dolla, which she had evolved for the show. The character went on to be a staple act in her stage career since 1992. The shows over the years have included Dowwe Dolla Krismisdoos, (1998), Dowwe Dolla Staatsslet (19**/200*), Dowwe Dolla (KKNK, 2008), Dowwe Dolla Dink Diep (2013).



Besides the texts for the Dowwe Dolla series of one-woman performances, she has written (or co-written, and often directed) numerous theatre texts, including:

X-identiteit (undated),


She directed Boksballade (2013), Kytie - 'n Koos Kombuis-storie and performed in Jong Dames Dinamiet, K and Lag Jou G*t Af.


Apart from her stage work (children's theatre, cabaret, etc.), she works as radio presenter and she is co-owner, with her husband , of Die Boer theatre restaurant [1] in Durbanville.

Awards, etc

She was the winner of a FNB Vita Award (Free State region, 2000/2001) in the category Best Performance in a Comedy for Dowwe Dolla.

Sources

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margit_Meyer-R%C3%B6denbeck

The Citizen, 17 July 1999.

Sowetan, 25 July 2001.

Perspektief, 27 August 2006.

Rapport, 31 March 2013.

Dowwe Dolla page [2].

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