Kat and the Kings

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by David Kramer and Taliep Pietersen. A celebration of the life and times of Cape musicians of the 1950s and 60s through song, dance and narrative, focussing on the life of one performer, “Kat”. Based on real-life memories of one of the performers, Salie Daniels. First performed in the Dock Road Theatre in Cape Town 1995. Went on to become an enormous success locally and abroad, with two international touring companies playing the West End, Broadway, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Vienna. Won a Laurence Olivier Award as Best New Musical in 1999. Won a Fleur du Cap Award for Best Contribution to a Musical or Revue for the authors in 1999 as well.

A new version produced by David Kramer, Eric Abraham and the Fugard Theatre in 2012 with young performers such as Dean Balie as Kat Diamond, alongside Carlo Daniels, Grant Peres, Zak Toerien and Amy Trout. Danny Butler who played the older Kat Diamond abroad reprised this role.

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