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An independent theatre company founded in 1974 by writer/director [[Barney Simon]] and lighting designer and theatre manager [[Mannie Manim]] to do ''avant garde'' work. [[Barney Simon]] was the artistic director and [[Mannie Manim]] was the administrative director within the [[Arena Theatre]]. It had a core company of actors – [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]], [[Vanessa Cooke]], [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[David Eppel]], [[Judith Cornell]], [[Janice Honeyman]], [[Sue Kiel]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Lindsay Reardon]] and [[John Oakley-Smith]]. | An independent theatre company founded in 1974 by writer/director [[Barney Simon]] and lighting designer and theatre manager [[Mannie Manim]] to do ''avant garde'' work. [[Barney Simon]] was the artistic director and [[Mannie Manim]] was the administrative director within the [[Arena Theatre]]. It had a core company of actors – [[Aletta Bezuidenhout]], [[Vanessa Cooke]], [[Leonie Hofmeyr]], [[David Eppel]], [[Judith Cornell]], [[Janice Honeyman]], [[Sue Kiel]], [[Danny Keogh]], [[Lindsay Reardon]] and [[John Oakley-Smith]]. | ||
| − | Their first production was [[Marat/Sade]] | + | Their first production was the ''[[Marat/Sade]]'', directed by [[Barney Simon]] |
In 1975 they presented'' [[Selle Ou Storie]]'' by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] as their first [[Afrikaans]] play at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in Johannesburg in 1975, with [[Christine Basson]], [[Val de Klerk]], [[Danny Keogh]], and directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] The production, the first production of the controversial work in the Transvaal, won a number of awards. It was eventually also banned, as had happened in the Cape. | In 1975 they presented'' [[Selle Ou Storie]]'' by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] as their first [[Afrikaans]] play at the [[Chelsea Theatre]] in Johannesburg in 1975, with [[Christine Basson]], [[Val de Klerk]], [[Danny Keogh]], and directed by [[Pieter-Dirk Uys]] The production, the first production of the controversial work in the Transvaal, won a number of awards. It was eventually also banned, as had happened in the Cape. | ||
Revision as of 14:57, 17 September 2015
An independent theatre company founded in 1974 by writer/director Barney Simon and lighting designer and theatre manager Mannie Manim to do avant garde work. Barney Simon was the artistic director and Mannie Manim was the administrative director within the Arena Theatre. It had a core company of actors – Aletta Bezuidenhout, Vanessa Cooke, Leonie Hofmeyr, David Eppel, Judith Cornell, Janice Honeyman, Sue Kiel, Danny Keogh, Lindsay Reardon and John Oakley-Smith.
Their first production was the Marat/Sade, directed by Barney Simon
In 1975 they presented Selle Ou Storie by Pieter-Dirk Uys as their first Afrikaans play at the Chelsea Theatre in Johannesburg in 1975, with Christine Basson, Val de Klerk, Danny Keogh, and directed by Pieter-Dirk Uys The production, the first production of the controversial work in the Transvaal, won a number of awards. It was eventually also banned, as had happened in the Cape.
They also presented Long Day's Journey into Night (1978), And Green And Golden (1982/83), Children of a Lesser God (1983), This is for Keeps (1983), Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (1986),
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