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 : ''[[Taxi Jam]]'' ([[NAPAC]], [[Kwasa]])
 : ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]'' ([[Opera Africa]])
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 : ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' ([[Young Performers Project]])
 : ''[[School of Rock]]'' ([[Young Performers Project]])

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	2009: ''[[Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' ([[Young Performers Project]])		2009: ''[[Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' ([[Young Performers Project]])
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		+	2009: ''[[Jimbo]]''

	2010: ''[[Hairspray]]'' ([[Young Performers Project]])		2010: ''[[Hairspray]]'' ([[Young Performers Project]])

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 * ''[[Soldiers in the City]]'' (with [[Iain Robinson]] and [[Lucky Cele]], 2015)
-Adaptations for the stage include: the [[African]] language operas ''[[Princess Magogo kaDinizulu]]'' and ''[[Ziyankomo]]''
+Adaptations for the stage include: the [[African]] language operas ''[[Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu]]'' and ''[[Ziyankomo and the Forbidden Fruit ]]''.
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 * ''[[Soldiers in the City]]'' (with [[Iain Robinson]] and [[Lucky Cele]], 2015)
-Adaptations for the stage include: the [[African]] language operas ''[[Princess Magogo ka Dinizulu]]'' and ''[[Ziyankomo]]''
+Adaptations for the stage include: the [[African]] language operas ''[[Princess Magogo kaDinizulu]]'' and ''[[Ziyankomo]]''
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 == As director ==
-Has directed more than 500 productions over 30 years,  ranging from music revues, musical theatre, comedy, to Shakespeare and classical Opera,  and has managed numerous ceremonies and corporate events.
+Directed more than 500 productions over 30 years,  ranging from music revues, musical theatre, comedy, to Shakespeare and classical Opera,  and managed numerous ceremonies and corporate events.
 Plays directed (and often designed) include:

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 He was among the five performers who started the [[Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre Company]]. Also comprising [[Celeste Litkie]], [[Brenda Radloff]], [[Melanie Bowles]] and [[Mark Faith]], the company was created at the same time as [[NAPAC]]'s [[Loft Theatre Company]].
-Began work as the head of productions at the [[Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre]] on the campus of the university. Afterwards, he joined the former [[Natal Performing Arts Council]] ([[NAPAC]]), working on the [[Kwasa]] community project. This was a project, which incorporated festivals, internship programmes and training. It helped to launch many young people into a career in the performing arts. When problems arose within [[NAPAC]], he volunteered his retrenchment and started [[Themi Venturas Productions]], of which he is managing director. He has also been the manager of two theatres, namely the [[Catalina Theatre]] and the [[KwaSuka Theatre]].
+Began work as the head of productions at the [[Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre]] on the campus of the university. Afterwards, he joined the former [[Natal Performing Arts Council]] ([[NAPAC]]), working on the [[Kwasa]] community project. This was a project, which incorporated festivals, internship programmes and training. It helped to launch many young people into a career in the performing arts. When problems arose within [[NAPAC]], he volunteered his retrenchment and started [[Themi Venturas Productions]], of which he was managing director. He also managed two theatres, namely the [[Catalina Theatre]] and the [[KwaSuka Theatre]].
 He served as President of the [[Performing Arts Network of South Africa]] ([[PANSA]]) for KwaZulu-Natal and as  national exco member of [[PANSA]], as a trustee on the [[Arts and Culture Trust]] of South Africa ([[ACT]]) and as a Board Member of [[Theatre Biz]].

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 == As actor ==
-He was among the five performers who started the [[Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre Company]]. Also comprising [[Celeste Litkie]], [[Brenda Radloff]], [[Melanie Bowles]] and [[Mark Faith]], the company was created at the same time as [[NAPAC]]'s [[Loft Theatre Company]].
+Plays performed include: ''[[The Tempest]]'' (1974), ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' (1984), ''[[Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris|An Evening with Jaques Brel]]'' (1985)
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 : ''[[Frank Ass]]'' ([[University of Port Elizabeth]] Catholic Society Theatrum)
 : ''[[Exit the King]]'' ([[University of Natal]])
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 : ''[[Mickey Kannis Caught my Eye]]'' ([[University of Natal]])
 : ''[[Taxi Jam]]'' ([[NAPAC]], [[Kwasa]])
 : ''[[Faust]]'' ([[Opera Africa]])
 : ''[[Hometalk]]'' ([[Venturas Productions]] in association with [[Arnie Field]])
-: ''[[Princess Magogo kaDinuzulu]]''
+: ''[[Curtain Up]]'' ([[Young Performers Project]])
 : ''[[School of Rock]]'' ([[Young Performers Project]])
 : ''[[Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' ([[Young Performers Project]])
 : ''[[The African Passion]]''
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 In 1974, Themi Venturas was elected president of the [[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]]'s [[Young 'uns]], an "under-the-age-of-twenty" group of players for the Festival.
 Began work as the head of productions at the [[Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre]] on the campus of the university. Afterwards, he joined the former [[Natal Performing Arts Council]] ([[NAPAC]]), working on the [[Kwasa]] community project. This was a project, which incorporated festivals, internship programmes and training. It helped to launch many young people into a career in the performing arts. When problems arose within [[NAPAC]], he volunteered his retrenchment and started [[Themi Venturas Productions]], of which he is managing director. He has also been the manager of two theatres, namely the [[Catalina Theatre]] and the [[KwaSuka Theatre]].
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 * ''[[The Guitar that Rocked the World]]''
 * ''[[De Compleat Hstry of Dbn (without the boring bits!)]]''
 * ''[[The African Passion]]'' (with original music by [[Phelelani Mnomiya]], [[Anthony Govender]] and the [[Young Mbazo]], 2013
 * ''[[Soldiers in the City]]'' (with [[Iain Robinson]] and [[Lucky Cele]], 2015)

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	1974: ''[[The Lark]]'' ([[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] [[Young 'uns]])		1974: ''[[The Lark]]'' ([[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] [[Young 'uns]])
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		+	1975: ''[[The Queen and the Rebels]]'' ([[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] [[Young 'uns]])

	1976: ''[[Antigone]]'' (Anouilh) ([[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] [[Young 'uns]])		1976: ''[[Antigone]]'' (Anouilh) ([[Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival]] [[Young 'uns]])

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 : ''[[Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' ([[Young Performers Project]])
 : ''[[Footloose]]'' ([[PANSA Young Performers Project]])
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 == As playwright ==
-Though he does not primarily see himself as playwright, he has created or helped to create a number of theatrical works, including:
+Though he did not primarily see himself as playwright, he created or helped to create a number of theatrical works, including:
 * ''[[The Suzie Johnson Trilogy]]''
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 * ''[[The Guitar that Rocked the World]]''
 * ''[[De Compleat Hstry of Dbn (without the boring bits!)]]''
 * ''[[Soldiers in the City]]'' (with [[Iain Robinson]] and [[Lucky Cele]], 2015)