Neil Sonnekus - Revision history

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Miriamt: Created page with "'''Neil Sonnekus''' (born circa 1960). Playwright, poet, novelist. == Biography == He moved to Auckland, New Zealand, with his wife and children in 2010. === Youth === =..."

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Created page with "'''Neil Sonnekus''' (born circa 1960). Playwright, poet, novelist. == Biography == He moved to Auckland, New Zealand, with his wife and children in 2010. === Youth === =..."

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'''Neil Sonnekus''' (born circa 1960). Playwright, poet, novelist.

== Biography ==
He moved to Auckland, New Zealand, with his wife and children in 2010.

=== Youth ===

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

=== Career ===

==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
; Salome by Oscar Wilde, directed by Neil Sonnekus as an Honours class production in June 1982;
He wrote the plays ''[[Habitual]]'', ''[[The Grey Zone]].

== Awards, etc ==
His play ''[[The Grey Zone]]'' was runner-up for the Amstel Playwright of the Year Award.

== Sources ==
Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

== Return to ==

Return to [[ESAT Personalities S]]

Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]

Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]

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 Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.
-''[[The Citizen]]'',5 October 2000.
+''[[The Citizen]]'', 5 October 2000.
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-''[['n Bruid in die Môre]]'' : photographs of Godfrey Meintjes, Neil Sonnekus and others not identified in the production directed by André; P. Brink for the Department of Speech and Drama and the Department of Afrikaans and Nederlands at Rhodes University on 9-10.8.1979.
+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.

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-'''Neil Sonnekus''' (born circa 1960). Playwright, poet, novelist.
+'''Neil Sonnekus''' (born circa 1960). Journalist, playwright, novelist.
 == Biography ==
-He moved to Auckland, New Zealand, with his wife and children in 2010.
+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.
 === Youth ===

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 === 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==

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 === Training ===
-He studied at Rhodes University Drama Department, graduating with an honours degree in 1982.
+He studied at [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], graduating with an honours degree in 1982.
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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 He directed ''[[Salomé]]'' as an Honours class production in June 1982.
-He wrote the plays ''[[Habitual]]'', ''[[The Grey Zone]].
+He wrote the plays ''[[Motel]]'' (produced at the 1979 [[National Arts Festival]]), ''[[Habitual]]'', ''[[The Grey Zone]]'' and ''[[The Way the Land Lies]]''.
 == Awards, etc ==

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 == Awards, etc ==
-His play ''[[The Grey Zone]]'' was runner-up for the Amstel Playwright of the Year Award.
+His play ''[[The Grey Zone]]'' was runner-up for the [[Amstel Playwright of the Year]] Award [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstel_Playwright_of_the_Year_Award] in 1993.
 == Sources ==