The Colony

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The Colony was a performance venue and nightclub situated in the Hyde Park Hotel, Johannesburg.

On some implications of the name: see the entry on Colonialism

The venue

Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance

1962: Leon Gluckman’s revue, Wait a Minim! was first staged here with musicians Andrew Tracey and Paul Tracey, Kendrew Lascelles and Jeremy Taylor. Anthony Farmer was the set designer. They toured the country for eleven months,

Sources

Percy Tucker. 1997. Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.

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