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Alan Committie
Alan is a South African comic actor and qualified high school teacher. has performed on stage, television, radio and the Internet. In addition to his own, self-written shows, has performed a number of other stage productions including Rob Becker's ''Defending the Caveman''. He is particularly well known for his character 'Johan van der Walt', a highly officious, disturbingly pedantic, offensive security officer and part-time film critic. Performance career 's own stage plays *'' Stressed for Success'' *'' Stressed to Kill'' *'' One Man One Remote'' *''TV or not TV'' *'' Titanic on Ice'' *'' Once upon a Laugh'' (with Robyn Scott) *'' Dracula - Unclotted'' (with Geatan Schmid) *'' Dick and Di'' *'' The Clown Jewels'' Part 2 *''The Clown Jewels'' Part 1 Appearing in *Rob Becker's ''Defending the Caveman'' *Tom Stoppard's ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' *Michael Frayn's ''Noises Off'' Other appearances * Fleur du Cap Awards as Master of Ceremonies, Baxter Theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or animal actively maintains the experience, and is associated with enjoyment, happiness, laughter and pleasure. It is an emotion with po ... situations, or acting foolish (as in slapstick), or employing prop comedy. A comedian who addresses an audience directly is called a stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian. A popular saying often attributed to Ed Wynn attempts to differentiate the two terms: "A comic says funny things; a comedian says things funny." This draws a distinction between how much of the comedy (drama), comedy can be attributed to verbal content and how much to acting and persona. Since the 1980s, a new wave of comedy, called alternative comedy, has grown in popularity with its more offbeat and experimental style. This normally i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
