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(19**-) Stage, set and costume designer, and director.  
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[[Andrew Botha]] (19**-) Stage, set and costume designer, and director.  
  
Started his career with set designs for ''[[Hello Dolly]]'' (19**). He has since been a designer on more than a thousand projects, including ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' (1983), ''The Marriage of Figaro'', ''[[Camelot]]'', ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'', ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'', ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' (1991),  [[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep  Petersen]]'s ''[[Poison]]''(*?),.  He has worked in Greece, South Korea, Australia, China, Holland, Russia and Malaysia, including on ''Creators'' (for Cirque de Soleil, 200*).  Created and designed the popular ''Queen at the Opera'' with [[Geoffrey Sutherland]] and [[Graham Scott]] (Durban [[Playhouse]], 1990), followed by ''OPERAMania'' (with [[Packed House Productions]], 2009).  In 1987 he aided [[Stan Knight]] in converting the old B.G. Alexander Nurses Home hall into the [[Adcock-Ingram Auditorium]] for [[PACT]]. Did set and costume design for ''[[Gigi]]'' ([[PACT]], 1992)
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Started his career with set designs for ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]'' (1980). He has since been a designer on more than a thousand projects, including ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' (1983), ''The Marriage of Figaro'', ''[[Camelot]]'', ''[[Sweeney Todd]]'', ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'', ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' (1991),  [[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep  Petersen]]'s ''[[Poison]]''(*?),.  He has worked in Greece, South Korea, Australia, China, Holland, Russia and Malaysia, including on ''Creators'' (for Cirque de Soleil, 200*).  Created and designed the popular ''Queen at the Opera'' with [[Geoffrey Sutherland]] and [[Graham Scott]] (Durban [[Playhouse]], 1990), followed by ''OPERAMania'' (with [[Packed House Productions]], 2009).  In 1987 he aided [[Stan Knight]] in converting the old B.G. Alexander Nurses Home hall into the [[Adcock-Ingram Auditorium]] for [[PACT]]. Did set and costume design for ''[[Gigi]]'' ([[PACT]], 1992)
  
 
Designed for ''[[Taking Sides]]'', 1997.
 
Designed for ''[[Taking Sides]]'', 1997.
 
   
 
   
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997.
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''Poison'' programme notes, 1992.
  
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[South African Theatre/Bibliography]]

Revision as of 09:08, 29 June 2016

Andrew Botha (19**-) Stage, set and costume designer, and director.

Started his career with set designs for Hello, Dolly! (1980). He has since been a designer on more than a thousand projects, including A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1983), The Marriage of Figaro, Camelot, Sweeney Todd, My Fair Lady, Little Shop of Horrors, Jesus Christ Superstar (1991), David Kramer and Taliep Petersen's Poison(*?),. He has worked in Greece, South Korea, Australia, China, Holland, Russia and Malaysia, including on Creators (for Cirque de Soleil, 200*). Created and designed the popular Queen at the Opera with Geoffrey Sutherland and Graham Scott (Durban Playhouse, 1990), followed by OPERAMania (with Packed House Productions, 2009). In 1987 he aided Stan Knight in converting the old B.G. Alexander Nurses Home hall into the Adcock-Ingram Auditorium for PACT. Did set and costume design for Gigi (PACT, 1992)

Designed for Taking Sides, 1997.

Sources

Tucker, 1997.

Poison programme notes, 1992.

Go to South African Theatre/Bibliography

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