Difference between revisions of "Isango Ensemble"
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==Productions== | ==Productions== | ||
| − | 2012: ''[[Venus and Adonis]]'' | + | 2012: ''[[Venus and Adonis]]'' (at the Globe to Globe season at Shakespeare's Globe in London) |
| − | 2013: ''[[Venus and Adonis]]'' | + | 2013: ''[[Venus and Adonis]]'' (Shakespeare's Globe, London) |
2015: ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' | 2015: ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' | ||
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2025: ''[[Mother Courage and Her Children]]'' (with Mark Dornford-May's UK company Ensemble '84). | 2025: ''[[Mother Courage and Her Children]]'' (with Mark Dornford-May's UK company Ensemble '84). | ||
| − | Dates unknown: ''[[SS Mendi - Dancing the Death Drill]]'', , ''[[Aesop's Fables]]'', ''[[The Magic Flute]]'', ''[[La Boheme]]'', ''[[The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist]]'', ''[[The Mysteries]]'', ''[[U-Carmen]]'', | + | Dates unknown: ''[[SS Mendi - Dancing the Death Drill]]'', , ''[[Aesop's Fables]]'', ''[[The Magic Flute]]'', ''[[La Boheme]]'', ''[[The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist]]'', ''[[The Mysteries]]'', ''[[U-Carmen]]'', |
==Touring== | ==Touring== | ||
Revision as of 12:06, 7 July 2025
Isango Ensemble is an Article 21 theatre company based in Cape Town (2010-).
Established after 2010, when Isango Portobello, the resident company at The Fugard Theatre in Cape Town, were no longer able to use that venue as its base.
Creative team
Director: Mark Dornford-May; co-founder and co-Music Director: Paulina Malefane; Associate Director and co-Music Director: Mandisi Dyantyis; Choreographer: Lungelo Ngamlana.
Productions
2012: Venus and Adonis (at the Globe to Globe season at Shakespeare's Globe in London)
2013: Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare's Globe, London)
2015: A Midsummer Night's Dream
2016: A Man of Good Hope
2022: Treemonisha
2025: Mother Courage and Her Children (with Mark Dornford-May's UK company Ensemble '84).
Dates unknown: SS Mendi - Dancing the Death Drill, , Aesop's Fables, The Magic Flute, La Boheme, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist, The Mysteries, U-Carmen,
Touring
2009: Paris, France
2011: Melbourne, Australia
2013: Tokyo, Japan
2014: Washington, DC, USA
2015: USA Tour
2016: London, England (5 weeks at Young Vic, A Man of Good Hope)
2016: USA Tour 2019 - Caen, France
2019: London, England (3 weeks at Royal Opera House, SS Mendi & A Man of Good Hope)
2019: USA Tour
Films
Films created by Mark Dornford-May and the ensemble include u-Carmen eKhayelitsha (2005), Son of Man, Unogumbe – Noye’s Fludde (2013) and Breathe – Umphefumlo (2015). The films have met with popular and critical acclaim, playing at festivals including The Berlin International Film Festival, LA Pan African Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival and others in Australia, the USA, the UK, Europe and Africa. They have won the Golden Bear at The Berlin International Film Festival as well as several Best Feature Awards.
Sources
https://www.isangoensemble.africa
https://amp-worldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Treemonisha_Info-Deck.pdf
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