Alan Committie

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Alan Committie. (19*-) Actor and stand-up comedian.

Biography

Youth

Training

Career

Alan is a qualified high school teacher and taught English, Afrikaans and Drama for five years in Cape Town.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He had roles in Diepe Grond, 1995, Macbeth, 1996, Noises Off, Lovborg's Women, Little Shop of Horrors.

He performed Dick and Di written by him at the Montecasino Theatre in 2004.

One-man performances as comedian (sometimes with appearances by his alter ego Johan van der Walt) include One Man, One Remote, Stressed to Kill, Stressed for Success! (directed by Christopher Weare), The Sound of Laughter 2015.

Defending the Caveman - took over from Tim Plewman in 2007.

Awards, etc

Nominated as best supporting actor, Bedside Manners.

He won a Naledi Award in 2008 as best comedy performance in Stressed to Kill.

Sources

Die Burger, 7 July 2001.

Oggendblad, 6 May 2004.

The Citizen, 12 February 2008.

Die Burger, 21 Augustus 2015.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

For more information

Wikipedia [1].


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