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	''[[Rapport]]'', 31 March 2013.		''[[Rapport]]'', 31 March 2013.
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		+	[[Die Burger]], 11 October 2024.

	''Dowwe Dolla'' page [https://www.dowwedolla.co.za/Wie_is_Dolla.html].		''Dowwe Dolla'' page [https://www.dowwedolla.co.za/Wie_is_Dolla.html].

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 Besides the texts for the [[Dowwe Dolla]] series  of one-woman performances and the [[Liewe Heksie]] series, she has also written (or co-written) a number of other theatre texts, including:
-''[[X-identiteit]]'' (undated),
+''[[X-identiteit]]'' (undated), [[Ouma is op Pad]] (2024).  Director, text and lyrics: [[Jurgen Human]].  It toured in a lot of theatres in the country.
 As a producer and/or director she has been responsible for productions like ''[[Bye Ma, Jaypee]]'' (co-directed with [[Chris van Niekerk]]), ''[[Boksballade]]'' (2013), ''[[Kytie - 'n Koos Kombuis-storie]]''

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	[[Margit Meyer-Rödenbeck]] (1970-) Comedienne, actress, cabaret artiste, producer.		[[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").	+	She is also widely known by the name of her stage persona and alter ego, '''[[Dowwe Dolla]]''' (meaning something like "dim-witted doll") and as the rather endearingly incompetent witch '''[[Liewe Heksie]]''' in stage productions of [[Verna Vels]]'s stories.

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	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 become 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).		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 become 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).
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		+	Her other "alter ego" has become the character [[Liewe Heksie]] ("Dear little witch"), which she first perfo4rmed in a stage presnetation by the Drama Deparetment at Stellenbosch . She has since performed it in a range of productions of the iconic children's stories by [[Verna Vels]]

	Besides the texts for the [[Dowwe Dolla]] series of one-woman performances and the [[Liewe Heksie]] series, she has also written (or co-written) a number of other theatre texts, including:		Besides the texts for the [[Dowwe Dolla]] series of one-woman performances and the [[Liewe Heksie]] series, she has also written (or co-written) a number of other theatre texts, including:

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 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 become 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 and the [[Liewe Heksie]] series, she has also written (or co-written) a number of other theatre texts, including:
 ''[[X-identiteit]]'' (undated),
 As a producer and/or director she has been responsible for productions like ''[[Bye Ma, Jaypee]]'' (co-directed with [[Chris van Niekerk]]), ''[[Boksballade]]'' (2013), ''[[Kytie - 'n Koos Kombuis-storie]]''
 Alongside her solo performances, she has acted in pieces like ''[[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 [https://dieboer.com/] in Durbanville.
+Apart from her stage work (children's theatre, cabaret, etc.), she works as radio presenter at [[Radio Punt]] and she is co-owner, with her husband ,  of [[Die Boer]]  theatre restaurant [https://dieboer.com/] in Durbanville.
 == Awards, etc ==

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−	As a director she has been responsible for productions like ''[[Bye Ma, Jaypee]]'' (co-directed with [[Chris van Niekerk]]), ''[[Boksballade]]'' (2013), ''[[Kytie - 'n Koos Kombuis-storie]]''	+	As a producer and/or director she has been responsible for productions like ''[[Bye Ma, Jaypee]]'' (co-directed with [[Chris van Niekerk]]), ''[[Boksballade]]'' (2013), ''[[Kytie - 'n Koos Kombuis-storie]]''

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 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).
+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 become 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:
+Besides the texts for the [[Dowwe Dolla]] series  of one-woman performances and the [[Liewe Heksie]] series, she has also written (or co-written) a number of other 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]]''.
+As a director she has been responsible for productions like ''[[Bye Ma, Jaypee]]'' (co-directed with [[Chris van Niekerk]]), ''[[Boksballade]]'' (2013), ''[[Kytie - 'n Koos Kombuis-storie]]''

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 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.
-She is married to broadcasting engineer [[Jurg Human]].
+She is married to broadcasting engineer [[Jurg Human]] and they have a daughter, Luca.
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	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.		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.
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		+	She is married to broadcasting engineer [[Jurg Human]].

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

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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.	+	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 ==