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