Diana Ayliff
Diana Ayliff (now Diana McDermott), is an amateur producer who resides in Port Elizabeth.
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Biography
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Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As Director
August 8-11, 1984: Diana Ayliff directed Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with music by Tim Rice. The musical was presented by Alexander Road High School, Port Elizabeth at the Savoy Club Theatre with musical directors Priscilla Jordan and Johan van den Berg and conductor Brendon Le Page. Starring Natalie Jones and Hilton Edwards as Narrators, Stephen Haswell (Joseph), Stephen Clark (Reuben), Bruce Ferguson (Simeon), Jacques Smith (Levi), Andrew Roberts (Napthali), Greg Cross (Issachar), John Oliver (Asher), Steven Jeffery (Dan), Wayne Pole (Zebulum), Christopher Vervliet (Gad and the Butler), Dennis Stead (Judah), Gerrie Durheim (Benjamin and the Baker), Mark Louw (Jacob), Linzi Petrie (Jacob's wife and Potiphar's wife), Wayne Pole (Poitphar), Wayne Leedo (Pharaoh), David Shaw (Israelite), Gavin Dyer (Israelite), Edward Mitchley (Lively Lad), Heidi Sudding (The Goat), Antoinette Bisschoff (Slave Girl), Heidi Sudding, Lucia Tonin, Rene Coetzer, Dane de Bruyn, and Xenia Ioannides (Adoring Girls).
As Actor
April 26 - May 1, 1976: Diana Ayliff played the role of Rosanna Aurelia in the production of Phyllis H. Carter's one-act play, Venetian Intermezzo. It was performed during the Salters Cup One-Act Play Festival at the PEMADS Little Theatre, Port Elizabeth.
As Backstage
19??: Diana Ayliff was responsible for the lighting in Alexander Road High School's production of Naughty Marietta. Directed by Alexandra Emslie.
6 - 20 November, 1976: Diana Ayliff was responsible for the set decor in John Hussey's production of Oh What a Lovely War for PEMADS at their Little Theatre in Port Elizabeth.
Awards, etc
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Sources
Original programme from Alexander Road High School's production of Naughty Marietta, Undated.
Original programme from Salters Cup One-Act Play Festival, April 26 - May 1, 1976.
Programme from Alexander Road High School's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, 8-11 August, 1984.
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