Difference between revisions of "Tonya Koenderman"
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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. | ||
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Revision as of 10:35, 8 November 2016
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.
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.
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