Neels Hansen

HANSEN, Neels.(1936-2014) Designer and Director. * He did costumes for Kismet, the first PACT musical to be staged. It was directed by Anthony Farmer who also designed the sets and Lawrence Folley, Gé Korsten, Barbara Veenemans, Kerry Jordan and Iris Chapple starred in this musical at the Civic Theatre in late 1973. He staged a new production of it in 1980. He did the costume design for Sun City’s opening theatre production. It was designed and directed by Anthony Farmer with choreography by Nick Navarro, and Adolpho Waitzman leading the musical team. It opened on the 15 December 1979. He directed the PACT production of The Merry Widow starring Roberta Palmer and Gé Korsten at the Pretoria State Theatre in December 1983. He became a director of opera and musicals. (Tucker, 1997)

He died in November 2014 at the age of 78.

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