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Proesstraat
Proesstraat (Proes Street) is an Afrikaans Television-Show which airs on kykNet based on the German improvisational comedy show Schillerstrasse. It is recorded without a script, in front of a live audience and broadcast unedited to a large extent. Idea and show structure The setting of the show is the living room of the main actor Waldemar Schultz who lives on the real street "Proesstraat" in Pretoria, South Africa. The main character is regularly visited by friends and relatives. The participants only know the topic of the episode in advance. The whole plot has to be improvised comically. The cast receive directions from the ''Regisseur'' (Director/Presenter) on their ear-pieces, and have to follow the cues, e.g. "Eloise: Tell the others you're pregnant!". The show mostly airs unedited and things that go wrong are not removed, either. The original German show was created by Maike Tatzig who is also the show's executive producer. Debuting on Germany's Sat.1, ”Schiller Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louw Venter
Louw Venter (born 16 August 1975), is a South African actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his directorial and writing roles in the popular films ''The Tree'', ''Konfetti'' and ''Swartwater''. Personal life He was born on 16 August 1975 in Cape Town, South Africa. Career In 2001, he made film debut with ''Final Solution'' where he made a minor role as a 'Paramilitary member'. In 2002, he played a supportive role 'Marco' in the Italian film ''The Piano Player'' directed by Jean-Pierre Roux. In 2003, he starred in two films: ''Adrenaline'' and ''Citizen Verdict''. Apart from acting, he is also a scriptwriter who wrote the critically acclaimed award-winning film ''Konfetti'' which was directed by Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat. Apart from that, he was the writer of television serials: ''Rugby Motors'' and ''Vinkel & Koljander''. In 2015, he made directorial debut with the short film ''Leemte''. After the success of the film, he made the television serial ''Vinkel & Koljander'' in 2016. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Breytenbach
Pierre Breytenbach is a South African actor and comic. He is also a voice artist. High school Hoërskool Die Wilgers in Pretoria, Gauteng. Training He obtained a B.A. in Drama in 1998 from the University of Pretoria. TV appearances He starred in numerous South African soaps including Egoli, Generations and 7de Laan. He is also part of the permanent cast of Proesstraat Proesstraat (Proes Street) is an Afrikaans Television-Show which airs on kykNet based on the German improvisational comedy show Schillerstrasse. It is recorded without a script, in front of a live audience and broadcast unedited to a large exte .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Breytenbach, Pierre Living people South African male soap opera actors University of Pretoria alumni Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melt Sieberhagen
Melt Sieberhagen is a South African actor and comic and was born in Ventersdorp. Training He obtained a B.A. in Drama from the University of Pretoria in 2001. Television appearances He starred in numerous South African soaps as well as the Afrikaans comic sketch program ''Kompleks II''. He is also part of the permanent cast of '' Proesstraat''. He has also appeared in television commercials for Cell C, TOPS @ Spar, Bioplus, McCarthy Call-a-car and Wimpy. As a voice over artist he has contributed to various television programs, commercial and a host of regular radio advertisements. Film appearances * ''Superhelde'' * ''District 9 ''District 9'' is a 2009 science fiction mockumentary film directed by Neill Blomkamp in his feature film debut, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. It is a co-production of New Zea ...'' * '' Footskating 101'' * '' Poena is koning'' * '' Oh Schuks... I’m Gatvol! (2004)'' References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wikus Du Toit
Wikus du Toit (born 18 June 1972) is a South African producer, actor, comedian, composer, and director. Background He was born in Bethal on 18 June 1972 and went on to study drama at the Tshwane University of Technology where he completed a master's degree in Cabaret. He has appeared in numerous Afrikaans and English stage shows, films and television programs. In 2010 his play ''Kaptein Geluk'' was shortlisted for the Nagtegaal Playwriting Award. From 2003 to 2018 he was a full-time senior lecturer in Film Music and Composition at AFDA. Currently he is a commissioning editor for DStv working on M-net's scripted content. Live shows His professional career started in 1996 with ''Ses'' (''Six''), for which he won the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival's (KKNK) Best Newcomer award. *In 2000 he was co-composer of the first Afrikaans musical, ''Antjie Somers''. ''Antjie Somers'' won the Fleur de Cap in 2000 for Best Musical *In 2001 he won the FNB Vita Award for the best new perform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy Swanepoel
Cindy Swanepoel (born 15 December 1981) is a South African actress. She is best known for her roles in the popular serials '' Generations'', ''Binnelanders'' and '' Egoli: Place of Gold''. Personal life She was born on 15 December 1981 in Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa and raised in Pretoria. During her high school years, she lived in Cape Town and matriculated at Durbanville High School. In 2003 she obtained her BA Drama honors degree from the University of Stellenbosch. Career She made her acting debut as a professional actress in the theater production, ''Circles in a Forest'' directed by Marinda Engelbrecht. The show was performed at the Artscape Theater in Cape Town. In 2004, the production was performed at the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival as well. In 2005, she moved from Cape Town to Johannesburg and made her television debut in the television series, '' Egoli: Place of Gold''. In the play, she played the role of 'July'. After the success of the play, she perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casper De Vries
Casper Johannes De Vries (; born 1 June 1964) is a South African actor, comedian, entertainer, painter, composer, director and producer. He has gained a significant following among South Africa's liberal Afrikaner and Afrikaans speaking population as well as Afrikaners living abroad. More recently due to his work on Comedy Central Africa he has also gained popularity among English speaking South Africans. Besides Afrikaans, he is fluent in Dutch and English. Early life He was born and raised in Pretoria where his father owned a toy shop. He attended Hoërskool Silverton where he was known as Cassie, and went on to study drama at the University of Stellenbosch. His shows were very popular amongst Afrikaans-speaking white South Africans and he even held shows in the London Palladium in London(2003 - 2006) where a lot of Afrikaners resided. From 2005-2008 he performed in Canada and the Netherlands. Later, from 2010 - 2015 he started to perform in English to appeal to a larger fan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Film And Television Awards
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-facing side'' of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Winckler
Heinz Carl Heinrich Winckler (born 22 March 1978) is a South African singer and the winner of the first series of South African '' Idols'' and is also an actor. Born the eldest of three children in Stellenbosch, South Africa, he went on to study law at Stellenbosch University. After winning the Idols competition in June 2002, he discontinued his studies to devote time to a music career. Idols Idols was the South African version of the British ''Pop Idol'' show, and was presented as a talent search competition with successive elimination rounds narrowing the number of contestants. Throughout the show, Winckler was referred to as "Hunky Heinz" because of his good looks. Songs performed on ''Idols'' * Audition: "I'm a Believer", by Smash Mouth * Top 50: "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)", by Train * Top 11: " I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing", by Aerosmith * Top 8: " Higher", by Creed * Top 6: "Shallow Waters", by Just Jinger * Top 4: "Every Breath You Take", by The Police * Top 4: " So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riaan Cruywagen
Riaan Cruywagen (born 5 October 1945) is a South African television news reader and voice artist who has been associated with the South African Broadcasting Corporation since its first television broadcasts in 1975. Cruywagen continued to present the Afrikaans news on the SABC network every weeknight until his final broadcast on SABC 2 on 26 November 2012 at 7pm CAT. He has made approximately 7000 news broadcasts. Career He began his career as a journalist in 1965 when he started working part-time at the SABC in Cape Town, while studying at the University of Stellenbosch. He presented his first news bulletin on 26 November 1975 at 8:00 pm – the first story he read on that night was the sentencing of Breyten Breytenbach to nine years in jail. In June 2003, following an outcry over reports that Cruywagen's contract with the SABC would not be renewed, an agreement between the SABC and UASA (United Association of South Africa) was reached. His contract was renewed and it was anno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Johannesburg
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a public university located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The University of Johannesburg came into existence on 1 January 2005 as the result of a merger between the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), the Technikon Witwatersrand (TWR) and the Soweto and East Rand campuses of Vista University. Prior to the merger, the Daveyton and Soweto campuses of the former Vista University had been incorporated into RAU. As a result of the merger of Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), it is common for alumni to refer to the university as RAU. The Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UJ is Professor Tshilidzi Marwala who took office on 1 January 2018. Between 2005 and 2017, UJ's Vice-Chancellor and Principal was Prof Ihron Lester Rensburg. The newly emerged institution is one of the largest comprehensive contact universities in South Africa from the 26 public universities that make up the higher education system. UJ has a student population of over 50 000, of whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Improvisation
Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of improvisation can apply to many different faculties, across all artistic, scientific, physical, cognitive, academic, and non-academic disciplines; see Applied improvisation. Improvisation also exists outside the arts. Improvisation in engineering is to solve a problem with the tools and materials immediately at hand. Improvised weapons are often used by guerrillas, insurgents and criminals. Engineering Improvisation in engineering is to solve a problem with the tools and materials immediately at hand. Examples of such improvisation was the re-engineering of carbon dioxide scrubbers with the materials on hand during the Apollo 13 space mission, or the use of a knife in place of a screwdriver to turn a screw. Engineering improvisations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees
The Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (Afrikaans for ''Little Karoo National Arts Festival'' and usually abbreviated to ''KKNK'') is an Afrikaans language arts festival that takes place yearly in the South African town of Oudtshoorn. The festival includes both the visual and the performing arts and is officially recognized by the South African government as a national arts festival. Based on the number of visitors, it is also the largest South African arts festival. The first festival took place in 1994 and was the idea of a businessman from Oudtshoorn, Nic Barrow, and a former Public Relations Manager for the South African publishing firm Naspers Naspers Limited is a South African multinational internet, technology and multimedia holding company headquartered in Cape Town, with interests in online retail, publishing and venture capital investment. Naspers' principal shareholder is its ..., Andrew Marais. Annually the KKNK attracts more than 1,000 artists performing or exhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
