Ellen Pakkies
A number of documentary and dramatic works have been written about the real-life character Ellen Pakkies
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Ellen Pakkies the character
A seemingly ordinary woman living in a notoriously violent area named Lavender Hill, on the Cape Flats, in the vicinity of Cape Town, she murdered her beloved son Adam, or 'Abie' as she called him, who was an abusive crystal metaphetatimine (tik) addict.
The story created an international stir in 2007 and 2008 and continued to do so for years afterwards. As well as two international doctorates written about her, there have been a documentary film, a stage play and a feature film
The documentary
My Naam/My Name is Ellen Pakkies - the bilingual play (2011)
Ellen: Die Ellen Pakkies Stories - the film (2018)
My Naam/My Name is Ellen Pakkies a bilingual (English/Afrikaans) play by Liz Meiring ().
The original text
Based on the true story it tells of Ellen Pakkies,
The story created an international stir in 2007 and 2008 and continued to do so for years afterwards. Two international doctorates were written about her and, besides this play, a documentary about her won film-maker Michael Duffet a South African Journalism Award and a feature film called Ellen: Die Ellen Pakkies Stories was released in 2018.
The bilingual play My Naam/My Name is Ellen Pakkies, written and , is coming to the Joburg Promusica Main Theatre on Friday, 4 May and Saturday, 5 May at 20:00.
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2011: Performed at Aardklop Festival in 2011, directed by Lizz Meiring with Vinette Ebrahim and Christo Davids.
2012: Performed at the Joburg Promusica Theatre on 4 and 5 May. .
https://www.mediaupdate.co.za/media/46510/promusica-to-stage-my-naammy-name-is-ellen-pakkies
Sources
Beeld, 26 September 2011.
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