Abduragman Adams (also known as Abdu Adams) is an award-winning South African actor, director and drama lecturer. He has appeared in several television shows including Heartlines, Known Gods, Rugby Motors and Die Boland Moorde. In 2015 he landed a starring role in the kykNET soap opera, Suidooster, set in Cape Town in the fictional suburb of Ruiterbosch. He also worked on 7de Laan, where he played the character of David Abrahams. He also starred in award-winning films such as Four Corners (2013) directed by Ian Gabriel and won a SAFTA award for best Supporting Actor in Daryne Joshua’s feature film Noem My Skollie (2016).

His passion for performance extends into his work in various South African theatre productions. He also loves mentoring the next generation for the screen and stage and is the founding director of the Saturday Varsity Film Academy, which specialises in Acting Master Classes designed to make actors screen and set ready. Abduragman is currently working on his one man theatre show, titled From Constantia to Manenberg Avenue, a memory play which explores his unique performance DNA as an actor, arts activist and educator.

In this episode Abdu shares with us lessons learned in his career both as an actor, and as a nurse. He was trained and worked as a nurse before what he calls a Divine intervention. Access to a dreamspace led him on a trip to a drama department that would change his life. Abdu also reflects on refusing the stories that told him not to pursue acting as a career and choosing to do it anyway. We delve into the power of dreaming, with Abdu remarking, “If you don't dream, you’re dead”.

At the end of the episode we have some fun speaking about the characters he has portrayed over the years. This was a special episode and the first time we interviewed a family member, with Abduragman also being Rashid’s beloved uncle.

The music in this episode is composed and arranged by Rashid Epstein Adams / Arkenstone and Pursuit.