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===As writer===
 
===As writer===

Revision as of 13:15, 18 October 2026

Amanda Bothma is a playwright and stage director.

Biography

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

A board member of the East London Guild Theatre and founder of Wela Kapela Productions, she has written and/or directed a number of cabarets, including Mad About The Boys (2021), Damsel in Distress (2021), Vincent (2022).

She devised and directed Cinderella for the East London Guild Theatre (2004).

As director

Productions directed by her include:

2018: A Lad 'n a Lamp (Wela Kapela)

2019: Spot, The Fearless Fish (Wela Kapela), Cinderella (Wela Kapela), The Doctor in Spite of Himself (Wela Kapela)

2021: Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat (Wela Kapela), Liewe Heksie (Wela Kapela)

2022: Once on This Island (Wela Kapela), The Jackal and the Wolf (Wela Kapela)

As writer

She has written a number of plays and revues/cabarets, including:

Spot, The Fearless Fish (2019)

Sources

https://www.facebook.com/amanda.bothma.37/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGb3DmpuWJY/

https://www.guildtheatre.co.za/events/mad-about-the-boys/

https://www.guildtheatre.co.za/events/damsel-in-distress/

https://www.brucedennill.co.za/2025/07/26/theatre-review-the-tramp-speaking-through-silence-or-chaplin-at-the-bit/

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