Guga Mzimba!

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Guga Mzimba! is a musical play with book and music by Xoli Norman.

Also found as Guga Mzimba

The original text

The play is about the internationally renowned South African-born painter and musician Gerard Sekoto (1913-1993) [1].

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2006: Produced 14 July to 20 August at the Market Theatre, directed by Fiona Ramsay, with Vanessa Cooke (Else), Chantelle Herman (chorus), Lawrence Joffe (gentleman/hobo), Harriet Manamela-Luhabe (Matsatsi), Warren Masemola (chorus/Diego), Dawid Minnaar (Raymond), Chantal Nativel (Marthe), Tshireletso Nkoane (Oshidi), Sello Sebotsane (Gerard Sekoto) . Choreography by Portia Lebohang Mashigo, voice coaching by Gcina Nhlapo (coach) and lighting design by Wilhelm Disberg).

Sources

The Citizen, 12 July 2006.

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Sekoto

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