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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Her first role was as Adriana in ''[[Kinkels in die Kabel]]'' (with [[CAPAB]] 1979) followed by ''[[Christian]]'' (for [[NAPAC]]/[[Brickhill-Burke]]), ''[[Pas Getroud]]'' (**Brigadiers), ''[[Oh What a Lovely War]]'' (with [[PACT]]).  
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As a student she performed in ''[[Huis Clos|Agter Geslote Deure]]'' (1978).
  
She also starred in A.R.Gurney Jr’s ''[[The Dining Room]]'' together with [[Gordon Mulholland]], [[Ralph Lawson]] and [[Patricia Sanders]] with direction by [[Bobby Heaney]] at the [[Baxter Theatre]] circa 1983 and the [[Alhambra Theatre]] in 1983; in [[Janice Honeyman]]’s production, ''[[Forbidden Fruits]]'', together with [[Jeremy Crutchley]], [[Mike Huff]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Vanessa Cooke]] and [[Annelisa Weiland]] at [[Upstairs at the Market]] in 1983/84; ''[[Hell is for Whites Only]]'' ([[Pieter-Dirk Uys]], 1982); ''[[Met Permissie Gesê]]'' ([[Hennie Aucamp]], 198*); ''[[The Runner Stumbles]]'' (1985).
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followed by ''[[Christian]]'' (for [[NAPAC]]/[[Brickhill-Burke]]),
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As a professional performer she appeared in ''[[Kinkels innie Kabel]]'' (as Adriana; her first role in 1979) , ''[[The Miracle Worker|Die Wonderwerk]]'' (1979), ''[[Die Lewe is 'n Grenshotel]]'', ''[[Oh What a Lovely War!]]'' ([[PACT]] 1980), ''[[Met Permissie Gesê]]'' (1981), ''[[Siener in die Suburbs]]'' (1981), ''[[Hell is for Whites Only (aka ’’Beyond All Reason’’)]]'' (1982), ''[[The Dining Room]]'' (1983), ''[[Forbidden Fruits]]'' (1983), ''[[The Runner Stumbles]]'' (1985), ''[[Jerry's Girls]]'' (1985), the solo cabaret performance ''[['n Vuur Gevang in Glas]]'' (1997), ''[[Strydom en Zietsman in Alfabetiese Volgorde]]'' ([[KKNK]] 2000), ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'' (2002).
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Amanda had a part in the female version, adapted for radio, of ''[[Die Nag van Legio]]'', broadcast on [[RSG]]'s series ''Radioteater'' in celebration of the playwright's 80th birthday (2014).
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She acted in the films ''[[Jock of the Bushveld|Jock: A True Tale of Friendship]]'', released in 1994 and ''[[Pas Getroud]]''.
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
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She won the [[ATKV]] Prestige Award, 2016.
  
 
== Sources ==  
 
== Sources ==  

Revision as of 17:09, 28 October 2019

Amanda Strydom (1956-). Actress, cabaret artiste and singer.


Biography

She was born on 23 July 1956 in Port Elizabeth.

Youth

Training

She graduated from the University of Pretoria with a BA degree. She studied drama at the University of the Free State.

Career

She started her theatre career in January 1979 at CAPAB

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

As a student she performed in Agter Geslote Deure (1978).

followed by Christian (for NAPAC/Brickhill-Burke),

As a professional performer she appeared in Kinkels innie Kabel (as Adriana; her first role in 1979) , Die Wonderwerk (1979), Die Lewe is 'n Grenshotel, Oh What a Lovely War! (PACT 1980), Met Permissie Gesê (1981), Siener in die Suburbs (1981), Hell is for Whites Only (aka ’’Beyond All Reason’’) (1982), The Dining Room (1983), Forbidden Fruits (1983), The Runner Stumbles (1985), Jerry's Girls (1985), the solo cabaret performance 'n Vuur Gevang in Glas (1997), Strydom en Zietsman in Alfabetiese Volgorde (KKNK 2000), The Vagina Monologues (2002).

Amanda had a part in the female version, adapted for radio, of Die Nag van Legio, broadcast on RSG's series Radioteater in celebration of the playwright's 80th birthday (2014).

She acted in the films Jock: A True Tale of Friendship, released in 1994 and Pas Getroud.

Awards, etc

She won the ATKV Prestige Award, 2016.

Sources

SACD 1980/81.

Tucker, 1997.

Die Burger, 10 March 2009.

Die Burger, 3 March 2012.

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