Difference between revisions of "Tonya Koenderman"
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Tonya graduated from Wits Drama School. | Tonya graduated from Wits Drama School. | ||
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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ||
She launched into her acting career with a singing/dancing and understudy role in [[Janice Honeyman]]'s ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]'', followed by a role in [[PACT]]'s school tour of ''People We Call Parents''. | She launched into her acting career with a singing/dancing and understudy role in [[Janice Honeyman]]'s ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]'', followed by a role in [[PACT]]'s school tour of ''People We Call Parents''. | ||
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She starred in ''[[The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾]]'' and in [[Kevin Feather]]’s ''[[The Doowah Girls]]'' at the [[Richard Haines Theatre]] in 1993. | She starred in ''[[The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾]]'' and in [[Kevin Feather]]’s ''[[The Doowah Girls]]'' at the [[Richard Haines Theatre]] in 1993. | ||
| − | Her one-woman show ''Divas to a T'' at the Backstage Theatre at the Royal Hotel, Durban in 2000 was a tribute to the great ladies of song: Shirley Bassey, Miriam Makeba, etc. | + | Her one-woman show ''Divas to a T'' at the Backstage Theatre at the Royal Hotel, Durban in 2000 was a tribute to the great ladies of song: Shirley Bassey, Miriam Makeba, etc. The cabaret ''Liza with a T'' followed at the Backstage Theatre, Royal Hotel, 2002. |
== Awards, etc == | == Awards, etc == | ||
| − | Nominee Durban Theatre Awards 2007 Musical theatre: Director:; Lisa Bobbert & Tonya Koenderman | + | Nominee Durban Theatre Awards 2007 Musical theatre: Director:; Lisa Bobbert & Tonya Koenderman ''Return of the Convent Girls''. |
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 526. | [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 526. | ||
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| + | [[NELM]] catalogue: Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 20. 34. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:57, 5 April 2018
Tonya Koenderman (19*-) Singer, dancer, cabaret artist.
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Tonya graduated from Wits Drama School.
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She launched into her acting career with a singing/dancing and understudy role in Janice Honeyman's Jack and the Beanstalk, followed by a role in PACT's school tour of People We Call Parents.
She starred in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ and in Kevin Feather’s The Doowah Girls at the Richard Haines Theatre in 1993.
Her one-woman show Divas to a T at the Backstage Theatre at the Royal Hotel, Durban in 2000 was a tribute to the great ladies of song: Shirley Bassey, Miriam Makeba, etc. The cabaret Liza with a T followed at the Backstage Theatre, Royal Hotel, 2002.
Awards, etc
Nominee Durban Theatre Awards 2007 Musical theatre: Director:; Lisa Bobbert & Tonya Koenderman Return of the Convent Girls.
Sources
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ programme notes, circa 1990.
Tucker, 1997. 526.
NELM catalogue: Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 20. 34.
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