Kokusai Revue
The Kokusai Revue was a revue performed by the Shochiku Revue Troupe, an all-female Japanese dancing and revue troupe from the Kokusai Theatre Asakusa ("Akasuka International Theater") in Tokyo.
For more on the company, see Shochiku Revue Troupe
Performances in South Africa
The troupe visited South Africa in 1973 with this revue (and billed as the Kokusai Revue) under the auspices of Yango John, performing in Cape Town and at His Majesty’s Theatre Johannesburg, in October 1973. Their local managing agent was Sybil Summers and the publicist was Hazel Feldman.
Sources
http://belladonna.org/ShojoKageki/Shochiku/shochiku73.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asakusa_International_Theater
Programme of the South African tour (courtesy of Geoff Burmeister).
Percy Tucker. 1997. Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press.
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