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==The venue==
 
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==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance==
 
==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance==

Revision as of 09:22, 2 January 2024

The Colony was a performance venue and nightclub situated in the Hyde Park Hotel, Johannesburg.

The venue

Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance

1962: Leon Gluckman’s revue, Wait a Minim! was first staged here with musicians Andrew Tracey and Paul Tracey, Kendrew Lascelles and Jeremy Taylor. Anthony Farmer was the set designer. They toured the country for eleven months,

Sources

Percy Tucker. 1997. Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.

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