Johannesburg Civic Marionette Theatre
Founded at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre in 1968 under the leadership of Michal Grobbelaar with Alida van Deventer and Ann Bailes as the first fulltime manipulators.
About the company
The Johannesburg Civic Theatre provided children's entertainment inside the Theatre complex, at the yearly Rand Easter Show and at venues around the city, through the use of a specially outfitted city bus.
When theatre company was eventually disbanded, as the Civic Theatre entered into a prolonged renovation period, the theatre donated the puppets to the then Rand Afrikaans University (now the University of Johannesburg).
Productions
1972: Peter and the Wolf (directed by Bess Finney)
1974: Senor Onyon (directed by Bess Finney), Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (directed by Bess Finney)
1981: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (directed by Bess Finney)
Other productions include:
Amahl and the Night Visitors, Peter and the Wolf, The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Sources
http://www.joburgcitytheatres.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/The-First-45-Years.pdf
For more information
See also Johannesburg Civic Theatre
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