A Million Freds Productions
A Million Freds Productions is a production company based in
Also referred to simply as A Million Freds
Begun by the theatre producer, maker and performer Janine Ulfane in 1994, the company aims at creating and producing work that explores the nature of identity and belonging.
A Million Freds has produced plays in England, South Africa, Ireland and Sweden.
Janine Ulfane is a . She is also a part of an all women improvisational group run by Improbable Theatre Co.
South African work produced in South Africa and abroad
2019: A Lesson from Aloes, 27 February - 27 March, in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre and by arrangement with Samuel French. Directed by Janet Suzman with Dawid Minnaar as Piet, David Rubin as Steve and Janine Ulfane as Gladys, with set and costumes by Norman Coates and lighting by Mannie Manim.
https://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/productions/2019/a-lesson-from-aloes.php
Unseen in London since its UK premiere at the National Theatre 35 years ago where it was directed by Athol Fugard himself and won rave reviews, this new production directed by Janet Suzman marks the 25th anniversary year of the first free and democratic elections in South Africa. The original production of A Lesson From Aloes premiered at the Market Theatre Johannesburg in 1978, where it provoked huge controversy and narrowly escaped being banned. The Broadway production won the New York Critics Circle Award for Best New Play.
The cast of this new production comprises Dawid Minnaar as Piet, David Rubin as Steve and Janine Ulfane as Gladys, with set and costumes by Norman Coates and lighting by the legendary South African lighting designer, producer and co-founder of The Market Theatre in Johannesburg, Mannie Manim.
