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The '''term''' ''road trip'' has similarly been used for the titles of a number of songs, videos, plays and films over the years in titles such as ''[[Road Trip]]'', ''[[A Road Trip]]'', ''[[Die Roadtrip]]'' , ''[[The Road Trip]]'' and so on. | The '''term''' ''road trip'' has similarly been used for the titles of a number of songs, videos, plays and films over the years in titles such as ''[[Road Trip]]'', ''[[A Road Trip]]'', ''[[Die Roadtrip]]'' , ''[[The Road Trip]]'' and so on. | ||
| − | Among the more recent films for example have been ''Road Trip'' by Todd Phillips and Scot Armstrong (2000[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Trip_(film)]) and ''Road Trip'' (2015 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4711814/] and ''Road Trip'' (2018[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7614838/]). Also found "Road Trippin'", a song by | + | Among the more recent films for example have been ''Road Trip'' by Todd Phillips and Scot Armstrong (2000[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Trip_(film)]) and ''Road Trip'' by Samuel Wofford (2015 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4711814/] and ''Road Trip'' (2018[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7614838/]). Also found "Road Trippin'", a song by |
the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999). | the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999). | ||
Revision as of 17:01, 23 March 2019
The theme of a road trip has been have been a regular feature in numerous novels plays, films and performance pieces over the years (see Easy Rider (1969), When Harry met Sally, Thelma and Louise and Sideways as random examples).
The term road trip has similarly been used for the titles of a number of songs, videos, plays and films over the years in titles such as Road Trip, A Road Trip, Die Roadtrip , The Road Trip and so on.
Among the more recent films for example have been Road Trip by Todd Phillips and Scot Armstrong (2000[1]) and Road Trip by Samuel Wofford (2015 [2] and Road Trip (2018[3]). Also found "Road Trippin'", a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999).
A number of such works have been created and/or performed in South Africa.
See also the pop-video Roadtrip by the Afrikaans pop group Kaleidoskoop[4].
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Road Trip by Corné Joubert (radio drama, 2018)
The original text
Written in 2017, this is an Afrikaans radio drama, a thriller about two women driving through the Karoo to escape their personal issues. It was recorded and broadcast by Radio Sonder Grense (RSG) in 2018. Directed by Frieda van den Heever with Charlton George, Roeline Daneel, Cintaine Schutte, Geon Nel and Chris Madjiedt, with technical assistance from Cassi Lowers.
See also Die Roadtrip ("The Road Trip") a stage play by Ferdinand Bekker.
Sources
https://www.rsgplus.org/kuns/drama/luister-vanaand-na-roadtrip/
Die roadtrip by Ferdinand Bekker (stage play, 2019)
Also found as Die Roadtrip and Die Road Trip
The original text
A satirical Afrikaans stage comedy about the travails and revelations that arise when two friends, Jaco and Belarus, take a road from Cape Town to Johannesburg to "get away from everything".
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2019: First performed in the Drostdy Teater, Stellenbosch from to 3 March during the Stellenbosch Woordfees by Stercus Produksies, directed by Gaerin Hauptfleisch, with Brendon Daniels and Waldemar Schultz. Set and lighting by Gaerin Hauptfleisch.
2019 Performed in the ATKV Griesselsaal at the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (23rd-27th March) in Oudtshoorn
2019 Performed in the St Peters School at the Inniebos Laeveld Nasionale Kunstefees on 26, 28 and 29 June. Venue:
Sources
https://www.roekeloos.co.za/teater/die-road-trip/
https://www.kknk.co.za/portfolio/roadtrip/
https://www.innibos.co.za/manne/
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