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== The original text ==
 
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The play is a response to and a very free adaptation of ''[[Woza Albert!]]'' (Mtwa, Ngema and Simon, 1981). Written for two white actors,  set in the New South Africa, the original text was written by [[Robert Volker]], and then workshopped by [[TEATERteater]]'s actors [[De Klerk Oelofse]], [[Johan Botha]] and [[Kelly-Eve Koopman]],  with director [[Christiaan Olwagen]].
  
The play is ''[[Woza Albert!]]'' for two white actors, set in the New South Africa, written by [[Robert Volker]], and workshopped by [[TEATERteater]]'s actors [[De Klerk Oelofse]], [[Johan Botha]] and [[Kelly-Eve Koopman]],  with director [[Christiaan Olwagen]].
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However, in an interview
 
 
== The original text ==
 
 
 
A response to and a free adaptation of ''[[Woza Albert!]]'' (Mtwa, Ngema and Simon, 1981) ,
 
 
 
The original text  was written by [[Robert Volker]], then [[Workshop|workshopped]] and adapted by [[Johan Botha]], [[Kelly-Eve Koopman]], [[De Klerk Oelofse]], [[Christian Olwagen]] and [[Robert Volker]].
 
  
  
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https://astridstark1.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/theater-review-woza-andries-and-art/
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Review by Astrid Stark in the Sunday Independent 5 December 2010, and reproduced on her website under December 6, 2010 in "Theatre & Event Reviews and Interviews"[https://astridstark1.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/theater-review-woza-andries-and-art/]

Revision as of 08:19, 18 April 2017

Woza Andries? is a poltical play written by Robert Volker, and workshopped by TEATERteater's actors De Klerk Oelofse, Johan Botha and Kelly-Eve Koopman, with director Christiaan Olwagen.

Though the original script bears the title Woza Andries?, the play is also referred to in reviews and other materal as Woza Andries!? or Woza Andries!


The original text

The play is a response to and a very free adaptation of Woza Albert! (Mtwa, Ngema and Simon, 1981). Written for two white actors, set in the New South Africa, the original text was written by Robert Volker, and then workshopped by TEATERteater's actors De Klerk Oelofse, Johan Botha and Kelly-Eve Koopman, with director Christiaan Olwagen.

However, in an interview


See also Woza Albert!


Performances

2010: Performed to critical acclaim at the 2010 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, and went on to play in Stellenbosch and Cape Town in the same year.

It later also played at the Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts at the University of Cape Town (2011), the Aardklop Festival in Potchefstroom (2012) the Vryfees in Bloemfontein (2013).


Sources

Review by Astrid Stark in the Sunday Independent 5 December 2010, and reproduced on her website under December 6, 2010 in "Theatre & Event Reviews and Interviews"[1]