Imps Drama Workshop

Imps Drama Workshop was a Drama Studio in Cape Town (1976-1995).

History

Run at one time by Glynn Day and also by Lieske Bester. It was taken over by Deborah Gildenhuys in 1995 and rebranded as Spotlight Drama Studio.

Productions

Productions staged by Imps Drama Workshop include:

1976: Beyond the Pale of Water, Naked in the Fountain, As Long As Forever Is

1977: Do You Know Where You're Going To?, Us and Them and The Waiting Room (directed by Glynn Day, Lynn Banner and Lieske Bester); The Miraculous Sewing Machine, Close Relations and The Waiting Room (directed by Glynn Day); Living and Laughter; The Bluebird of Happiness (with Bergvliet Dramatic Society)

1978: Smile (devised and directed by Glynn Day, Lieske Bester, Judith Krummeck); That's Show Business (directed by Glynn Day and Graham Boxall); The Coral King

1979: Through the Eyes of a Child (devised and directed by Glynn Day, Lieske Bester; Cecil Cornell and Franklin Sampson); Merlindale (written and directed by Glynn Day and Graham Boxall); God Bless the Grass (by Barbara Wannenburgh, directed by Glynn Day).

1980: Once Upon a Happy Ever After (directed by Glynn Day, Lieske Bester and Cecil Cornell)

1981: Hopetown

1982: There'll Always Be Spring; A Special Gift; The Hobbit

1983: Is Anybody There? (devised and directed by Lieske Bester); Can You Hear Us? (devised and directed by Lieske Bester); Is Nobody Listening? (devised and directed by Cecile Cornell) & Us and Them

1985: The Genesis Roadshow; A Little Magic

1986: Tall Tales; Rolling Rosita and the Bolognaise Blues

Sources

Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

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