Difference between revisions of "Neil Sonnekus"
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| − | He studied at Rhodes University Drama Department, graduating with an honours degree in 1982. | + | He studied at [[Rhodes University Drama Department]], graduating with an honours degree in 1982. |
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
| + | ''[['n Bruid in die Môre]]'' : photographs of Godfrey Meintjes, Neil Sonnekus and others not identified in the production directed by André; P. Brink for the Department of Speech and Drama and the Department of Afrikaans and Nederlands at Rhodes University on 9-10.8.1979. | ||
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He directed ''[[Salomé]]'' as an Honours class production in June 1982. | He directed ''[[Salomé]]'' as an Honours class production in June 1982. | ||
| − | He wrote the plays ''[[Habitual]]'', ''[[The Grey Zone]]. | + | He wrote the plays ''[[Motel]]'' (produced at the 1979 [[National Arts Festival]]), ''[[Habitual]]'', ''[[The Grey Zone]]'' and ''[[The Way the Land Lies]]''. |
== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
Revision as of 15:26, 13 May 2017
Neil Sonnekus (born circa 1960). Playwright, poet, novelist.
Contents
Biography
He moved to Auckland, New Zealand, with his wife and children in 2010.
Youth
Training
He studied at Rhodes University Drama Department, graduating with an honours degree in 1982.
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
'n Bruid in die Môre : photographs of Godfrey Meintjes, Neil Sonnekus and others not identified in the production directed by André; P. Brink for the Department of Speech and Drama and the Department of Afrikaans and Nederlands at Rhodes University on 9-10.8.1979.
He directed Salomé as an Honours class production in June 1982.
He wrote the plays Motel (produced at the 1979 National Arts Festival), Habitual, The Grey Zone and The Way the Land Lies.
Awards, etc
His play The Grey Zone was runner-up for the Amstel Playwright of the Year Award [1] in 1993.
Sources
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
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