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[[A Million Freds Productions]] is a production company based in
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[[A Million Freds Productions]] is a London based production company. 
  
 
Also referred to simply as '''[[A Million Freds]]'''
 
Also referred to simply as '''[[A Million Freds]]'''
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==The company==
  
 
Begun by the theatre producer, maker and performer [[Janine Ulfane]] in 1994,  the company aims at creating and producing work that explores  the nature of identity and belonging.
 
Begun by the theatre producer, maker and performer [[Janine Ulfane]] in 1994,  the company aims at creating and producing work that explores  the nature of identity and belonging.
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==South African work produced in South Africa and abroad==
 
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''[[Hello and Goodbye]]'' ([[Athol Fugard]], 1997), ''[[The Guests]]'' and  ''[[Goodbye Kiss]]'' ([[Ronald Harwood]], 20**), ''[[A Lesson from Aloes]]'' (Fugard, 2019),
  
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2019: ''[[A Lesson from Aloes]]'', 27 February - 27 March,  in association with [[Neil McPherson]] for the Finborough Theatre and by arrangement with [[Samuel French]]. Directed by [[Janet Suzman]] with [[Dawid Minnaar]] as Piet, [[David Rubin]] as Steve and [[Janine Ulfane]] as Gladys, with set and costumes by [[Norman Coates]] and lighting by [[Mannie Manim]].
 
  
 
http://amillionfreds.com/
 
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https://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/productions/2019/a-lesson-from-aloes.php
 
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Unseen in London since its UK premiere at the National Theatre 35 years ago where it was directed by Athol Fugard himself and won rave reviews, this new production directed by Janet Suzman marks the 25th anniversary year of the first free and democratic elections in South Africa.
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The original production of A Lesson From Aloes premiered at the Market Theatre Johannesburg in 1978, where it provoked huge controversy and narrowly escaped being banned. The Broadway production won the New York Critics Circle Award for Best New Play.
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The cast of this new production comprises Dawid Minnaar as Piet, David Rubin as Steve and Janine Ulfane as Gladys, with set and costumes by Norman Coates and lighting by the legendary South African lighting designer, producer and co-founder of The Market Theatre in Johannesburg, Mannie Manim.
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Latest revision as of 07:32, 21 March 2019

A Million Freds Productions is a London based production company.

Also referred to simply as A Million Freds

The company

Begun by the theatre producer, maker and performer Janine Ulfane in 1994, the company aims at creating and producing work that explores the nature of identity and belonging.

A Million Freds has produced plays in England, South Africa, Ireland and Sweden.

Janine Ulfane is a . She is also a part of an all women improvisational group run by Improbable Theatre Co.

South African work produced in South Africa and abroad

Hello and Goodbye (Athol Fugard, 1997), The Guests and Goodbye Kiss (Ronald Harwood, 20**), A Lesson from Aloes (Fugard, 2019),

Sources

http://amillionfreds.com/

https://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/productions/2019/a-lesson-from-aloes.php

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to ESAT Venues A

Return to South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page

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