Mannie Manim - Revision history

Darryl: /* Lighting design */

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Lighting design

Darryl: /* Lighting design */

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Darryl: /* Awards */

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Awards

Darryl: /* Lighting design */

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Darryl: /* Lighting design */

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Darryl: /* Lighting design */

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Satj at 14:27, 15 September 2026

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Darryl: /* The Company/Market Theatre */

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The Company/Market Theatre

Darryl: /* Lighting design */

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 * ''[[The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo]]'' ([[Fugard Theatre]], 2010)
 * ''[[Aesop's Fables]]'' ([[Fugard Theatre]], 2010)
 * ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' ([[Fugard Theatre]], 2010)
 * ''[[Die Kaptein se Tier]]'' ([[Fugard Theatre]], 2011)

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 * ''[[The Tempest]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2009)
 * ''[[The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo]]'' ([[Fugard Theatre]], 2010)
 * ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' ([[Fugard Theatre]], 2010)
 * ''[[Die Kaptein se Tier]]'' ([[Fugard Theatre]], 2011)

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 * In 1990, the French Government conferred the ''Chevalier des Artes et Lettres'' on him.
 * In 2002, he received Best Lighting Design for ''[[The Island]]'' in Toronto
 == Sources ==

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 * ''[[An Arabian Night]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1980)
 * ''[[The Primary English Class]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1980)
 * ''[[Virginia]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1983)
 * ''[[This is for Keeps]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1983)
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 * ''[[Uncle Vanya]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2004)
 * ''[[Show Boat]]'' ([[Cape Town Opera]], 2005)
 * ''[[Betrayal]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2006)
 * ''[[Doubt]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2007)
 * ''[[Mother to Mother]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2009)
 * ''[[I Am My Own Wife]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2009)
 * ''[[The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo]]'' ([[Fugard Theatre]], 2010)
 * ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' ([[Fugard Theatre]], 2010)
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 * ''[[Missing...]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2014)
 * ''[[Sizwe Bansi is Dead]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 2014)
 * ''[[Die Vuurvoël]]'' ("The Firebird", 2016)
 * ''[[Curse of the Starving Class]]'' ([[Woordfees]], 2018)

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 * ''[[Andorra]]'' ([[PACT]], 1973)
 * ''[[Plaston: DNS-Kind]]'' ([[PACT]], 1974)
-''[[The Crucible]]'' ([[PACT]], 1975)
+* ''[[The Crucible]]'' ([[PACT]], 1975)
 * ''[[Vroue van Troje]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1976)
 * ''[[Mother Courage and her Children]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1977)

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 * ''[[The Road to Mecca]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1984)
 * ''[[A Place with the Pigs]]'' ([[National Arts Festival]], 1987)
 * ''[[Playland]]'' in 1992
 * ''[[Valley Song]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1995)
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 Manim remained a prolific and higly regarded lighting designer in South Africa and elsewhere, working all over South Africa and in places like Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, London and Stockholm over the years. Lighting design for other productions include:
 * ''[[Plaston: DNS-Kind]]'' ([[PACT]], 1974)
 * ''[[An Arabian Night]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1980)
 * ''[[The Primary English Class]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1980)
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 * ''[[Pack of Lies]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1985)
 * ''[[Outers]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1985)
 * ''[[A Walk in the Woods]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1989)
 * ''[[Shadowlands]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1991)
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 * ''[[The Rain Queen and the Baobab Tree]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1994)
 * ''[[Pale Natives]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 1994)
 * ''[[The Twilight of the Golds]]'' ([[Johannesburg Civic Theatre]], 1996)
 * ''[[The Good Woman of Sharkville]]'' ([[National Arts Festival]], 1996)
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 * ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'', (2001)
 * ''[[Madiba Magic]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2003)
 * ''[[Saturday Night at the Palace]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2004)
 * ''[[Betrayal]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2006)
 * ''[[Doubt]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2007)
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 * ''[[I Am My Own Wife]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2009)
 * ''[[The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo]]'' ([[Fugard Theatre]], 2010)
 * ''[[Ouroboros]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2011)
 * ''[[Solomon and Marion]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2011)
 * ''[[Race]]'' (Mamet, [[Grahamstown Festival]], 2012 & 2013)
 * ''[[The List]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2013)
 * ''[[Missing...]]'' ([[Baxter Theatre]], 2014)
 * ''[[Sizwe Bansi is Dead]]'' ([[Market Theatre]], 2014)

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−	[[Mannie Manim]] (1941-) is a lighting designer and theatre administrator.	+	[[Mannie Manim]] (1941-) is a highly regarded and influential lighting designer and theatre administrator.

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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 ===The Company/Market Theatre===
-A dynamic yet meticulous planner, with a visionary view of South African theatre, he in 1973 joined with [[Barney Simon]] to found [[The Company]]  and in 1976 they opened the [[Market Theatre]]. He was also one of the Trustees of the [[Market Theatre Foundation]]. Manim effectively ran the Market Theatre from then till he left in 1991.  With [[John Hussey]] he co-directed [[The Company]]’s production of [[Alan Ayckbourn]]’s ''[[Absurd Person Singular]]'' (the [[Market Theatre]], November 1977). He produced several productions for [[The Company]], including ''[[Sly Fox]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]] (1979).
+A dynamic yet meticulous planner, with a visionary view of South African theatre, he in 1973 joined with [[Barney Simon]] to found [[The Company]]  and in 1976 they opened the [[Market Theatre]]. He was also one of the Trustees of the [[Market Theatre Foundation]]. Manim effectively ran the Market Theatre from then till he left in 1991.  With [[John Hussey]] he co-directed [[The Company]]’s production of Alan Ayckbourn’s ''[[Absurd Person Singular]]'' (the [[Market Theatre]], November 1977). He produced several productions for [[The Company]], including ''[[Sly Fox]]'' at the [[Market Theatre]] (1979).
 ===University of the Witwatersrand===