Moira Blumenthal - Revision history

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 Her South African productions include William Finn’s ''[[March of the Falsettos]]'' (with [[NAPAC]],  at the [[Adcock-Ingram Auditorium|Adcock-Ingram Theatre]],  1989), [[Joshua Sobol]]'s ''[[Ghetto]]'' (with [[PACT]] in 1991), David Mamet's ''[[Oleanna]]'' (1993). She established and ran The [[Rosebank Theatre]] in Johannesburg (1992 - 1994) which was the home of many new South African works, such as ''[[The Return of Elvis Du Pisanie]]'', ''[[Bloodstream]]'' and ''[[Ellen Terry the Harum-Scarum Girl|The Harum-Scarum Girl]]'', based on the life of Ellen Terry.
-As a result of her association with the Sydney Theatre Company, Morris Gleitzman's ''[[Two Weeks with the Queen]]'' was produced as the first theatre exchange between Australia and South Africa in 1995. She presented Michael Gow's ''[[Sweet Phoebe]]'' and Timothy Daly's ''[[Kafka Dances]]'' in South Africa ('96). In Sydney she produced [[Irene Stephanou]]'s ''[[Meze, Mira and Make-Up]]'' and [[Joanna Weinberg]]'s ''[[Bellydancing]]''. She co-produced and directed Gary Henderson's ''[[Skin Tight]]'' (1999)  and ''[[Collected Stories]]'' by Donald Margulies (2000/1) for tours of South Africa, as well as [[Joanna Weinberg]]'s ''[[The Lightness of Feeling]]'' in Sydney (2001). In 2002 she co-produced [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]'s ''[[Foreign Aids]]'' at the Sydney Opera House and the world premier of [[Craig Freimond]]'s ''[[The King of Laughter]]'' for the 2003 Carnivale Festival. In 2004 she directed ''[[Mum's the Word]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. In 2005 she co-produced [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]'s ''[[Elections and Erections]]'' in Sydney and Brisbane. In 2005 she directed ''[[From Door to Door]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. In 2006 Moira directed the Naledi award-winning ''[[Bombshells]]'' starring [[Kate Normington]]. This was followed by the hit ''[[It’s a Dad Thing]]'' in 2007. ''[[My Name is Asher Lev]]'' (2017)
+As a result of her association with the Sydney Theatre Company, Morris Gleitzman's ''[[Two Weeks with the Queen]]'' was produced as the first theatre exchange between Australia and South Africa in 1995. She presented Michael Gow's ''[[Sweet Phoebe]]'' and Timothy Daly's ''[[Kafka Dances]]'' in South Africa ('96). In Sydney she produced [[Irene Stephanou]]'s ''[[Meze, Mira and Make-Up]]'' and [[Joanna Weinberg]]'s ''[[Bellydancing]]''. She co-produced and directed Gary Henderson's ''[[Skin Tight]]'' (1999)  and ''[[Collected Stories]]'' by Donald Margulies (2000/1) for tours of South Africa, as well as [[Joanna Weinberg]]'s ''[[The Lightness of Feeling]]'' in Sydney (2001). In 2002 she co-produced [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]'s ''[[Foreign Aids]]'' at the Sydney Opera House and the world premier of [[Craig Freimond]]'s ''[[The King of Laughter]]'' for the 2003 Carnivale Festival. In 2004 she directed ''[[Mum's the Word]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. In 2005 she co-produced [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]'s ''[[Elections and Erections]]'' in Sydney and Brisbane. In 2005 she directed ''[[From Door to Door]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. In 2006 Moira directed the Naledi award-winning ''[[Bombshells]]'' starring [[Kate Normington]]. This was followed by the hit ''[[It’s a Dad Thing]]'' in 2007.
 In 2000 she directed Peter Shaffer's ''Amadeus'' in Orlando USA and ''Collected Stories'' for South African tour.
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 She co-produced and directed the New Zealand play ''[[Skin Tight]]'' for a South African season.
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 == Awards, etc ==

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 As a result of her association with the Sydney Theatre Company, Morris Gleitzman's ''[[Two Weeks with the Queen]]'' was produced as the first theatre exchange between Australia and South Africa in 1995. She presented Michael Gow's ''[[Sweet Phoebe]]'' and Timothy Daly's ''[[Kafka Dances]]'' in South Africa ('96). In Sydney she produced [[Irene Stephanou]]'s ''[[Meze, Mira and Make-Up]]'' and [[Joanna Weinberg]]'s ''[[Bellydancing]]''. She co-produced and directed Gary Henderson's ''[[Skin Tight]]'' (1999)  and ''[[Collected Stories]]'' by Donald Margulies (2000/1) for tours of South Africa, as well as [[Joanna Weinberg]]'s ''[[The Lightness of Feeling]]'' in Sydney (2001). In 2002 she co-produced [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]'s ''[[Foreign Aids]]'' at the Sydney Opera House and the world premier of [[Craig Freimond]]'s ''[[The King of Laughter]]'' for the 2003 Carnivale Festival. In 2004 she directed ''[[Mum's the Word]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. In 2005 she co-produced [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]'s ''[[Elections and Erections]]'' in Sydney and Brisbane. In 2005 she directed ''[[From Door to Door]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. In 2006 Moira directed the Naledi award-winning ''[[Bombshells]]'' starring [[Kate Normington]]. This was followed by the hit ''[[It’s a Dad Thing]]'' in 2007. ''[[My Name is Asher Lev]]'' (2017)
-In 2002 Moira Bloementhal Productions co-produced ''[[Foreign Aids]]'' starring [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]. In 2004 Moira directed ''[[Mum's the Word]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]].
+In 2002 Moira Bloementhal Productions co-produced ''[[Foreign Aids]]'' starring [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]].
-She co-produced and directed the New Zealand play ''[[Skin Tight]]'' for a South African season. In 2000 she directed Peter Shaffer's ''Amadeus'' in Orlando USA and ''Collected Stories'' for South African tour.
+In 2004 Moira directed ''[[Mum's the Word]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]] and ''[[My Name is Asher Lev]]'' in 2017.
 == Awards, etc ==
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 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
 == For more information ==

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 === Career ===
-Moira has directed and produced mainstream theatre internationally since 1988. Director of Moira Blumenthal Productions, she became the Seymour Centre's Programming Manager (200?); Executive director of BITE - or Best Independent Theatre – which she founded with Colin Rose at the Seymour (2008?).
+Moira has directed and produced mainstream theatre internationally since 1988.
 She directed Timothy Daly's ''Livingstone'' in Florida, USA.

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Established and managed [[The Rosebank Theatre]] in Johannesburg.
 Her South African productions include William Finn’s ''[[March of the Falsettos]]'' (with [[NAPAC]],  at the [[Adcock-Ingram Auditorium|Adcock-Ingram Theatre]],  1989), [[Joshua Sobol]]'s ''[[Ghetto]]'' (with [[PACT]] in 1991), David Mamet's ''[[Oleanna]]'' (1993). She established and ran The [[Rosebank Theatre]] in Johannesburg (1992 - 1994) which was the home of many new South African works, such as ''[[The Return of Elvis Du Pisanie]]'', ''[[Bloodstream]]'' and ''[[Ellen Terry the Harum-Scarum Girl|The Harum-Scarum Girl]]'', based on the life of Ellen Terry.
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 As a result of her association with the Sydney Theatre Company, Morris Gleitzman's ''[[Two Weeks with the Queen]]'' was produced as the first theatre exchange between Australia and South Africa in 1995. She presented Michael Gow's ''[[Sweet Phoebe]]'' and Timothy Daly's ''[[Kafka Dances]]'' in South Africa ('96). In Sydney she produced [[Irene Stephanou]]'s ''[[Meze, Mira and Make-Up]]'' and [[Joanna Weinberg]]'s ''[[Bellydancing]]''. She co-produced and directed Gary Henderson's ''[[Skin Tight]]'' (1999)  and ''[[Collected Stories]]'' by Donald Margulies (2000/1) for tours of South Africa, as well as [[Joanna Weinberg]]'s ''[[The Lightness of Feeling]]'' in Sydney (2001). In 2002 she co-produced [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]'s ''[[Foreign Aids]]'' at the Sydney Opera House and the world premier of [[Craig Freimond]]'s ''[[The King of Laughter]]'' for the 2003 Carnivale Festival. In 2004 she directed ''[[Mum's the Word]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. In 2005 she co-produced [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]'s ''[[Elections and Erections]]'' in Sydney and Brisbane. In 2005 she directed ''[[From Door to Door]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. In 2006 Moira directed the Naledi award-winning ''[[Bombshells]]'' starring [[Kate Normington]]. This was followed by the hit ''[[It’s a Dad Thing]]'' in 2007. ''[[My Name is Asher Lev]]'' (2017)
 In 2002 Moira Bloementhal Productions co-produced ''[[Foreign Aids]]'' starring [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]. In 2004 Moira directed ''[[Mum's the Word]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien]].

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
- - Former producer at the Seymour Theatre Centre.
+Established and managed [[The Rosebank Theatre]] in Johannesburg.
- - Spearheaded Jewish theatre, including Via Dolorosa, From Door To Door, Address Unknown, The Chosen, Coming To See Aunt Sophie.
+Spearheaded Jewish theatre, including [[Via Dolorosa]], [[From Door To Door]], [[Address Unknown]], [[The Chosen]], [[Coming To See Aunt Sophie]].
- - Productions include Two Weeks With The Queen, Collected Stories, Sydney premiere of Skin Tight, Foreign Aids, Elections And Erections, Bombshells, A Woman In Black, Love, Loss And What I Wore.

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 She directed Timothy Daly's ''Livingstone'' in Florida, USA.
-Highlights from international works include William Finn's ''[[Falsettos]]'', Joshua Sobel's ''[[Ghetto]]'', ''[[Persona]]'' by Margaret Laurence, and David Mamet's ''[[Oleanna]]''. Through 1997/98 she directed ''Woman in Black'', ''Into the Woods'', ''Deathtrap'' and ''All in the Timing'' in Orlando, USA. In 1997 Moira produced ''[[Meze, Mira and Make-Up]]'' as part of the Carnivale Festival in Sydney. She co-produced David Mamet's ''Speed the Plow'' at the Fitzroy Hotel and redirected ''Bellydancing'' for a Sydney season. In 1999 Moira directed John Mistro's ''Shoehorn Sonata'' as part of the Ensemble Theatre School's subscription season and the Ensemble's main stage production of Sue Woolfe's ''Leaning Towards Infinity''.
+Highlights from international works include William Finn's ''[[March of the Falsettos]]'', Joshua Sobel's ''[[Ghetto]]'', ''[[Persona]]'' by Margaret Laurence, and David Mamet's ''[[Oleanna]]''. Through 1997/98 she directed ''Woman in Black'', ''Into the Woods'', ''Deathtrap'' and ''All in the Timing'' in Orlando, USA. In 1997 Moira produced ''[[Meze, Mira and Make-Up]]'' as part of the Carnivale Festival in Sydney. She co-produced David Mamet's ''Speed the Plow'' at the Fitzroy Hotel and redirected ''Bellydancing'' for a Sydney season. In 1999 Moira directed John Mistro's ''Shoehorn Sonata'' as part of the Ensemble Theatre School's subscription season and the Ensemble's main stage production of Sue Woolfe's ''Leaning Towards Infinity''.
 She produced Sir David Hare's ''Via Dolorasa'' for a launch in Canberra

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 Her South African productions include William Finn’s ''[[March of the Falsettos]]'' (with [[NAPAC]],  at the [[Adcock-Ingram Auditorium|Adcock-Ingram Theatre]],  1989), [[Joshua Sobol]]'s ''[[Ghetto]]'' (with [[PACT]] in 1991), David Mamet's ''[[Oleanna]]'' (1993). She established and ran The [[Rosebank Theatre]] in Johannesburg (1992 - 1994) which was the home of many new South African works, such as ''[[The Return of Elvis Du Pisanie]]'', ''[[Bloodstream]]'' and ''[[Ellen Terry the Harum-Scarum Girl|The Harum-Scarum Girl]]'', based on the life of Ellen Terry.
-As a result of her association with the Sydney Theatre Company, Morris Gleitzman's ''[[Two Weeks with the Queen]]'' was produced as the first theatre exchange between Australia and South Africa in 1995. She presented Michael Gow's ''[[Sweet Phoebe]]'' and Timothy Daly's ''[[Kafka Dances]]'' in South Africa ('96). In Sydney she produced [[Irene Stephanou]]'s ''[[Meza, Mira and Make-Up]]'' and [[Joanna Weinberg]]'s ''[[Bellydancing]]''. She co-produced and directed Gary Henderson's ''[[Skin Tight]]'' (1999)  and ''[[Collected Stories]]'' by Donald Margulies (2000/1) for tours of South Africa, as well as [[Joanna Weinberg]]'s ''[[The Lightness of Feeling]]'' in Sydney (2001). In 2002 she co-produced [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]'s ''[[Foreign Aids]]'' at the Sydney Opera House and the world premier of [[Craig Freimond]]'s ''[[The King of Laughter]]'' for the 2003 Carnivale Festival. In 2004 she directed ''[[Mum's the Word]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. In 2005 she co-produced [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]'s ''[[Elections and Erections]]'' in Sydney and Brisbane. In 2005 she directed ''[[From Door to Door]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. In 2006 Moira directed the Naledi award-winning ''[[Bombshells]]'' starring [[Kate Normington]]. This was followed by the hit ''[[It’s a Dad Thing]]'' in 2007.
+As a result of her association with the Sydney Theatre Company, Morris Gleitzman's ''[[Two Weeks with the Queen]]'' was produced as the first theatre exchange between Australia and South Africa in 1995. She presented Michael Gow's ''[[Sweet Phoebe]]'' and Timothy Daly's ''[[Kafka Dances]]'' in South Africa ('96). In Sydney she produced [[Irene Stephanou]]'s ''[[Meze, Mira and Make-Up]]'' and [[Joanna Weinberg]]'s ''[[Bellydancing]]''. She co-produced and directed Gary Henderson's ''[[Skin Tight]]'' (1999)  and ''[[Collected Stories]]'' by Donald Margulies (2000/1) for tours of South Africa, as well as [[Joanna Weinberg]]'s ''[[The Lightness of Feeling]]'' in Sydney (2001). In 2002 she co-produced [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]'s ''[[Foreign Aids]]'' at the Sydney Opera House and the world premier of [[Craig Freimond]]'s ''[[The King of Laughter]]'' for the 2003 Carnivale Festival. In 2004 she directed ''[[Mum's the Word]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. In 2005 she co-produced [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]]'s ''[[Elections and Erections]]'' in Sydney and Brisbane. In 2005 she directed ''[[From Door to Door]]'' for [[Pieter Toerien Productions]]. In 2006 Moira directed the Naledi award-winning ''[[Bombshells]]'' starring [[Kate Normington]]. This was followed by the hit ''[[It’s a Dad Thing]]'' in 2007.
 Moira began her association with Australian Theatre in 1992 with a co-production of ''[[March of the Falsettos]]'' with The Sydney Theatre Company. Her association with the STC continued with ''Two Weeks with the Queen'' (adapted by Mary Morris) which was produced in Johannesburg and Pretoria in 1995. In 1996 she directed Timothy Daly's ''Livingstone'' in Florida, USA, and presented Michael Gow's ''Sweet Phoebe'' and Timothy Daly's ''Kafka Dances'' in South Africa. Both ''Two Weeks with the Queen'' and ''Kafka Dances'' won National Theatre Awards.

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 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
-== For more information ===
+== For more information ==
 [https://au.linkedin.com/in/moira-blumenthal-62a44a28]