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2024: A return performance at the [[Baxter Theatre]] by [[Fiona Ramsay]] under the direction of [[Fred Abrahamse]], opening in January.
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2018: Directed by [[Janna Ramos-Violante]] with [[Fiona Ramsay]], the play was performed at the Auto & General [[Theatre on the Square|Auto & General Theatre on the Square]], Sandton, until February 18.
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2024: A return performance at the [[Baxter Theatre]] by [[Fiona Ramsay]] under the direction of [[Fred Abrahamse]], playing 17 January to 3 February.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 16:08, 21 December 2023

Blonde Poison is a one person play by Gail Louw

The original text

Based on the story of Stella Goldschlag, a Jewish woman in World War II Berlin who becomes an informant to save herself and her parents from death camps, the play takes the form of an intense interview, offering a last grasp at redemption.


Performance history in South Africa

2016: First performed

2018: Directed by Janna Ramos-Violante with Fiona Ramsay, the play was performed at the Auto & General Auto & General Theatre on the Square, Sandton, until February 18.

2024: A return performance at the Baxter Theatre by Fiona Ramsay under the direction of Fred Abrahamse, playing 17 January to 3 February.

Translations and adaptations

Sources

17 January 2024 - 3 February 2024

Leon van Zyl, 2023. The Baxter Theatre newsletter (leon.vanzyl@uct.ac.za).

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