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| − | (19**-) Actor for stage, television and film, director, scriptwriter and lecturer. Also known as | + | (19**-) Actor for stage, television and film, director, scriptwriter and lecturer. (Also known as [[Abduraghmaan Adams]].) |
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| + | == Biography == | ||
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| + | Born and raised in Cape Town. | ||
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| + | == Training == | ||
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| + | First trained and worked as a nurse, before studying for a B.Dram degree at the at the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]]. | ||
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| + | == Career == | ||
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| + | He has alternated between periods as a freelance actor/director and periods as a lecturer at the [[University of Stellenbosch]]. | ||
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| + | === As teacher === | ||
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| + | Became a lecturer in the Drama Department at Stellenbosch in 199*. He left teaching to follow a free-lance career in 2003, but returned to University teaching at Stellenbosch in 2010, once more quitting in 2013. | ||
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| + | === As director === | ||
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| + | Directing projects include ''[[Skrêmbuild Eggs vir Nasiebrou]]'' [lit something like "Scrambled eggs for nation cooking"),a satirical prose and verse voice programme utilizing [[Afrikaans]] writing in all the dialects and forms available. A commissioned work for the [[Kleinkaroo Nasionale Kunstefees]] ([[KKNK]])at Oudtshoorn 1999 and 2000. | ||
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| + | === As actor === | ||
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| + | '''On stage:''' | ||
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| + | Among his most notable performances have been the lead in Brecht's ''[[Baal]]'' in the Brecht Centenary year for the University of Stellenbosch, a version of ''[[Report to an Academy]]'' (**) Grahamstown Festival 1999?), ''[[Roadkill/Padkos]]'' ([[Malan Steyn]]) and ''[[Rooikôppetjie]]'' **?? (Spier, 2001), ''[[Naelstring|Naelstring / Honour thy mother, Fuck thy Father]]'' ([[Pieter Fourie]], [[KKNK]] Oudtshoorn/ [[Grahamstown Festival]], 2001), ''[[Bok-bok staan styf]]'' ([[Malan Steyn]], [[KKNK]], 2002), *** ''[[Amadeus]]'' ([[Baxter]], 2006), [[Gideon van Eeden]]’s ''[[Boetman is Bedônit]]'' ([[KKNK]] and [[Aardklop]], 2007) **, ''[[Let's Mix It]]'' (2008-9), ''[[Coconuts and Marulas]]'' also in ''[[As die See Byt]]'' written by ][[Christo Davids]]. | ||
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| + | '''On television''': | ||
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| + | Roles in ** , ''[[Fishy Feshuns]]'', **, **** (2005), one episode of ''[[Boland Moorde]]''([[KykNet]],2013). | ||
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| + | '''On film:''' | ||
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| + | ''[[Four Corners]]'' (2013), ''[[Noem My Skollie]]'' (2016). | ||
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| + | == Writer == | ||
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| + | Co-wrote ''[[Let's Mix It]]'' (2008-9) with [[Gary Naidoo]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:01, 8 July 2023
(19**-) Actor for stage, television and film, director, scriptwriter and lecturer. (Also known as Abduraghmaan Adams.)
Contents
Biography
Born and raised in Cape Town.
Training
First trained and worked as a nurse, before studying for a B.Dram degree at the at the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department.
Career
He has alternated between periods as a freelance actor/director and periods as a lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch.
As teacher
Became a lecturer in the Drama Department at Stellenbosch in 199*. He left teaching to follow a free-lance career in 2003, but returned to University teaching at Stellenbosch in 2010, once more quitting in 2013.
As director
Directing projects include Skrêmbuild Eggs vir Nasiebrou [lit something like "Scrambled eggs for nation cooking"),a satirical prose and verse voice programme utilizing Afrikaans writing in all the dialects and forms available. A commissioned work for the Kleinkaroo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK)at Oudtshoorn 1999 and 2000.
As actor
On stage:
Among his most notable performances have been the lead in Brecht's Baal in the Brecht Centenary year for the University of Stellenbosch, a version of Report to an Academy (**) Grahamstown Festival 1999?), Roadkill/Padkos (Malan Steyn) and Rooikôppetjie **?? (Spier, 2001), Naelstring / Honour thy mother, Fuck thy Father (Pieter Fourie, KKNK Oudtshoorn/ Grahamstown Festival, 2001), Bok-bok staan styf (Malan Steyn, KKNK, 2002), *** Amadeus (Baxter, 2006), Gideon van Eeden’s Boetman is Bedônit (KKNK and Aardklop, 2007) **, Let's Mix It (2008-9), Coconuts and Marulas also in As die See Byt written by ]Christo Davids.
On television:
Roles in ** , Fishy Feshuns, **, **** (2005), one episode of Boland Moorde(KykNet,2013).
On film:
Four Corners (2013), Noem My Skollie (2016).
Writer
Co-wrote Let's Mix It (2008-9) with Gary Naidoo.
Sources
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