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== Training ==
 
== Training ==
  
First trained and worked as a nurse, before studying for a B.Dram degree at the at the [[Drama Department, University of Stellenbosch]],
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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]].
 
 
 
 
  
 
== Career ==
 
== Career ==
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'''On stage:'''  
 
'''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 ''[[A Report to the 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) .   
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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]].   
  
 
'''On television''':   
 
'''On television''':   
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Roles in ** , ''[[Fishy Feshuns]]'', **, **** (2005), one episode of ''[[Boland Moorde]]''([[KykNet]],2013).  
 
Roles in ** , ''[[Fishy Feshuns]]'', **, **** (2005), one episode of ''[[Boland Moorde]]''([[KykNet]],2013).  
  
On film:
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'''On film:'''
 
 
''[[Four Corners]]'' (2013)
 
  
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''[[Four Corners]]'' (2013), ''[[Noem My Skollie]]'' (2016).
  
 
== Writer ==
 
== Writer ==

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.)


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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