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	https://www.thefugard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/the-fugard-programme-2010.pdf		https://www.thefugard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/the-fugard-programme-2010.pdf
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		+	https://www.thefugard.com/aesops-fables/

	== For more information ==		== For more information ==

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	2010: ''[[The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo]]'' and ''[[The Mysteries\|The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso]]'' presented as part of the opening season of the [[Fugard Theatre]].		2010: ''[[The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo]]'' and ''[[The Mysteries\|The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso]]'' presented as part of the opening season of the [[Fugard Theatre]].
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		+	2010: ''[[Aesop's Fables]]'' presented at the [[Fugard Theatre]].

	'''For productions after 2010, see [[Isango Ensemble]].'''		'''For productions after 2010, see [[Isango Ensemble]].'''

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 The company’s work to date has centred on re-imagining classics from the Western theatre and opera canon, finding a new context for these stories within an African or township setting, and creating new work which is relevant to the heritage of the nation.
-: ''[[The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo]]'' at the [[Baxter Theatre]], direction by [[Mark Dornford-May]]. The production subsequently transferred to the Duke of York’s theatre in London for a successful West End run and winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, 2008, before touring internationally (Dublin, Japan, Singapore, France, the Netherlands. In the same year ''[[The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo]]'' and ''[[A Christmas Carol - Ikrismas Kherol]]'' won the Whatsonstage Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Off-West End Production.
+: ''[[The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo]]'' at the [[Baxter Theatre]], direction by [[Mark Dornford-May]]. The production subsequently transferred to the Duke of York’s theatre in London for a successful West End run and winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, 2008, before touring internationally (Dublin, Japan, Singapore, France, the Netherlands.
-: ''[[The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]].
+: ''[[The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]]. In 2008, ''[[The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo]]'' and ''[[A Christmas Carol - Ikrismas Kherol]]'' won the Whatsonstage Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Off-West End Production.
 : The company also presented an acclaimed revival of their production of ''[[The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso]]'' in Cape Town, prior to a West End transfer.

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 The company’s work to date has centred on re-imagining classics from the Western theatre and opera canon, finding a new context for these stories within an African or township setting, and creating new work which is relevant to the heritage of the nation.
-: ''[[The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo]]'' at the [[Baxter Theatre]], direction by [[Mark Dornford-May]]. The production subsequently transferred to the Duke of York’s theatre in London for a successful West End run and winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, 2008, before touring internationally (Dublin, Japan, Singapore, France, the Netherlands.
+: ''[[The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo]]'' at the [[Baxter Theatre]], direction by [[Mark Dornford-May]]. The production subsequently transferred to the Duke of York’s theatre in London for a successful West End run and winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, 2008, before touring internationally (Dublin, Japan, Singapore, France, the Netherlands. In the same year ''[[The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo]]'' and ''[[A Christmas Carol - Ikrismas Kherol]]'' won the Whatsonstage Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Off-West End Production.
 : ''[[The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]].
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 : The company also presented an acclaimed revival of their production of ''[[The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso]]'' in Cape Town, prior to a West End transfer.
-: ''[[The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo]]'' presented at the Victoria Theatre (28-30 May) as part of the Singapore Arts Festival.
+: ''[[The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo]]'' presented at the Victoria Theatre (28-30 May) as part of the Singapore Arts Festival. The company won the South African Arts and Culture Trust Award for Excellence in Opera, presented in Johannesburg in 2009.
 : ''[[The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo]]'' and ''[[The Mysteries|The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso]]''  presented as part of the opening season of the [[Fugard Theatre]].
 '''For productions after 2010, see [[Isango Ensemble]].'''

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 The company’s work to date has centred on re-imagining classics from the Western theatre and opera canon, finding a new context for these stories within an African or township setting, and creating new work which is relevant to the heritage of the nation.
-: ''[[The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo]]'' at the [[Baxter Theatre]], direction by [[Mark Dornford-May]]. The production subsequently transferred to the Duke of York’s theatre in London for a successful West End run and winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, 2008, before touring internationally.
+: ''[[The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo]]'' at the [[Baxter Theatre]], direction by [[Mark Dornford-May]]. The production subsequently transferred to the Duke of York’s theatre in London for a successful West End run and winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, 2008, before touring internationally (Dublin, Japan, Singapore, France, the Netherlands.
 : The company also presented an acclaimed revival of their production of ''[[The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso]]'' in Cape Town, prior to a West End transfer.

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	http://www.portobellopictures.com/Isango-Portobello		http://www.portobellopictures.com/Isango-Portobello
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		+	https://www.thefugard.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/the-fugard-programme-2010.pdf

	== For more information ==		== For more information ==

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 A new management, led by [[Daniel Galloway]] was installed in January 2011 and Abraham re-committed himself to funding, while the [[Isango Portobello]] Company announced that it would continue as an [[Article 21 company]] and be known as the [[Isango Ensemble]].
-Some sources online, including [[Isango Ensemble]]'s website, suggest or imply that much of Dornford-May's work in South Africa pre-2010 was  created with or for [[Isango Ensemble]], but [[Isango Ensemble]] was established once The [[Fugard Theatre]] ended [[Isango Portobello]]'s occupancy at the venue in 2010. The earlier works were created with or for [[Dimpho di Kopane]] and [[Isango Portobello]].
+Some sources online, including [[Isango Ensemble]]'s website, suggest or imply that much of Dornford-May's work in South Africa pre-2010 was  created with or for [[Isango Ensemble]], but [[Isango Ensemble]] was established once The [[Fugard Theatre]] ended [[Isango Portobello]]'s occupancy at the venue in 2010. The earlier works were created with or for [[Dimpho di Kopane]] or [[Isango Portobello]].
 '''For more information, see [[Isango Ensemble]].'''

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	2009: The company also presented an acclaimed revival of their production of ''[[The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso]]'' in Cape Town, prior to a West End transfer.		2009: The company also presented an acclaimed revival of their production of ''[[The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso]]'' in Cape Town, prior to a West End transfer.
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		+	2009: ''[[The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo]]'' presented at the Victoria Theatre (28-30 May) as part of the Singapore Arts Festival.

	2010: ''[[The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo]]'' and ''[[The Mysteries\|The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso]]'' presented as part of the opening season of the [[Fugard Theatre]].		2010: ''[[The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo]]'' and ''[[The Mysteries\|The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso]]'' presented as part of the opening season of the [[Fugard Theatre]].