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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
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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).
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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), ''[[Vincent]]'' (2022).
  
 
She devised and directed ''[[Cinderella]]'' for the East London [[Guild Theatre]] (2004).
 
She devised and directed ''[[Cinderella]]'' for the East London [[Guild Theatre]] (2004).
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2019: ''[[Spot, The Fearless Fish]]'' ([[Wela Kapela]]), ''[[Cinderella]]'' ([[Wela Kapela]]), ''[[The Doctor in Spite of Himself]]'' ([[Wela Kapela]])
 
2019: ''[[Spot, The Fearless Fish]]'' ([[Wela Kapela]]), ''[[Cinderella]]'' ([[Wela Kapela]]), ''[[The Doctor in Spite of Himself]]'' ([[Wela Kapela]])
  
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2021: ''[[ Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat]]'' ([[Wela Kapela]]), ''[[ Liewe Heksie]]'' ([[Wela Kapela]])
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2021: ''[[Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat]]'' ([[Wela Kapela]]), ''[[ Liewe Heksie]]'' ([[Wela Kapela]]), ''[[Damsel in Distress]]'' ([[Wela Kapela]])
  
 
2022: ''[[Once on This Island]]'' ([[Wela Kapela]]), ''[[The Jackal and the Wolf]]'' ([[Wela Kapela]])
 
2022: ''[[Once on This Island]]'' ([[Wela Kapela]]), ''[[The Jackal and the Wolf]]'' ([[Wela Kapela]])
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* ''[[Spot, The Fearless Fish]]'' (2019)
 
* ''[[Spot, The Fearless Fish]]'' (2019)
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* ''[[Damsel in Distress]]'' (2021)
  
 
* ''[[The Jackal and the Wolf]]'' (2022)
 
* ''[[The Jackal and the Wolf]]'' (2022)

Revision as of 13:23, 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), 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), Damsel in Distress (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:

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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