Nomad Heart

Adventures on and off the set

Ian Roberts

• Publisher: Jonathan Ball
• eBook ISBN:
  9781776193554
• Year: 2024

Actor and musician Ian Roberts is something of a South African icon, renowned for his roles as the rugged Boer fighter Sloet Steenkamp in the TV series Arende and as Boet in the immortal and immensely popular Castrol advertisements. Ian had an unconventional youth, running wild on his family's citrus farm in the Eastern Cape. There he grew a love of nature and first learnt the art of communicating with an audience through song and story. A master storyteller with a wicked sense of humour, Ian offers a highly entertaining glimpse of how actors make the magic happen, whether on a theatre stage or before the TV cameras. Drawing on a career that runs from Long Street to Los Angeles, and from Shakespeare to Tsotsi, Ian provides a masterclass on the art of acting, making his life story a vital guide to aspiring actors. His no-nonsense and fearless approach to life means he has never hesitated to tackle challenging roles and to do things in his own, unconventional way. Today, as frontman for Die Radio Kalahari Orkes, he continues to follow his heart.

Table of contents

• Title page
• Dedication
• 1. We, the Hunter-Gatherers
• 2. The magic the adults didn’t see
• 3. Dancing around the fire
• 4. A rolling stone
• 5. My first steps into acting
• 6. The young actor
• 7. The magic of moviemaking
• 8. What Manie van Rensburg taught me
• 9. The movie comes first
• 10. A rebel with a cause
• 11. On the set of Arende
• 12. When an Afrikaans meisie calls you her kêrel
• 13. Camel Man
• 14. Acting from the gut
• 15. An honorary Afrikaner
• 16. A can of the best
• 17. Radio Kalahari Orkes
• Epilogue
• About the Book
• About the Author
• Imprint page