Alex Burger

2 TV Shows Being Shot

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Two TV shows I’ve written on – “Umlilo” and “Doubt” are both being shot as we speak and go to air soon.

Umlilo: Premiering the 21st March: Mondays, eTv 21:30 – 22:30

Doubt: Premiering the 4th of April: Mondays, Mzansi Magic 20:00 – 20:30

I’ve been on a set a few times – still amazes me that all these ideas we just dreamt up in the writers’ room, hundreds of people now run around making happen.  So one day we said  “oh, let’s put Sanele in jail and have him try to escape” or “why don’t we create a fourth wife for Mnqobi?”  Now suddenly hundreds of people – actors, set designers, producers, directors, all mobilize to make this happen – each adding their own flair.

My students from the Market Lab visited the Doubt set last week, and they got a great education.  Fun, fun.

27 February, 2016

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Diana Krall: Live In Paris Joy Harjo: Crazy Brave

“Let me speak, let me spit out my bitterness.”
–Joni Mitchell, The Sire of Sorrow

30 January, 2016

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Frank Ocean: Channel Orange Martin Middeke and Peter Paul Schnierer: The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary South African Theatre

“I used to want the words ‘She tried’ on my tombstone. Now I want ‘She did it.'”
–Katherine Dunham 

 

23 January, 2016

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Tyga: Careless World, Rise Of The Last King Linda Venis: Inside the Room

“Life is short, and it’s up to you to make it sweet.”
–Sadie Delany

 

2 January, 2016

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Al Green: Let's Stay Together Arthur Miller: Misfits; After the Fall; Incident at Vichy; The Price; Creation of the World; Playing for Time

“How fair and pleasant you are, O loved one, delectable maiden! You are stately as a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters. I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its branches.”  
–Song of Solomon 7:7-8 (The Bible)