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==Original text==
 
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A comedy about the founding of a local neighbourhood watch and the ensuing internal arguments among the mixed bag of nine characters.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:04, 24 September 2022

Buurtwag ("Neighbourhood Watch") can refer to a stage play (2011) or to a TV series (2015).

Buurtwag - 'n Sepie by Chris Vorster (2011)

Original text

A comedy about the founding of a local neighbourhood watch and the ensuing internal arguments among the mixed bag of nine characters.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2011: Produced by GZ Productions at by Aardklop festival, Potchefstgroom, it opened on 5 October, directed by Chris Vorster, with Hannes Muller, Hannes Brümmer, Karen Wessels, Jody Abrahams and Christel van den Bergh.

Buurtwag the TV series (2015–2016)

The original text

A comedy about a motley collection of individuals in a modern South African suburb coming together to form an a-typical neighborhood watch.

Written and directed by Beer Adriaanse, with

The cast included Hannes Muller, in '[[Buurtwag] for Aardklop in 2011. (Nominated for his performance for the AngloGold Ashanti Aardklop-Smeltkroesprys).

Sources

CV Chris Vorster[[1]]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6591720/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

Beeld, 26 September 2011.

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