Difference between revisions of "Big Dada"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with "Return to B Return to South African Theatre Plays Return to Main Page")
 
 
(5 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 B|B]]
+
''[[Big Dada]]'' is a play by [[Brett Bailey]], about Idi Amin Dada [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin], President of Uganda (1971-79). World premiere in the Tropentheater in Amsterdam at the Roots Festival in June 2001.
  
Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays|South African Theatre Plays]]
+
== The original text ==
 +
 
 +
 
 +
==Translations and adaptations==
 +
 
 +
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 +
2001: Premiered in South African at the [[Grahamstown Festival]] in 2001, a [[Third World Bunfight]] production directed by [[Brett Bailey]] with an all-male cast of ten singer-dancer-actors, led by [[Sello Sebotsane]] as Big Dada. The same production played in the [[Baxter Theatre]] after the Festival.
 +
2005:  Directed: [[Brett Bailey]].  Cast: [[Ace Bonde]], [[Mxolisi Bosvark]], [[Lefa Letsika]], [[Bangani Manok]], [[Xola Mda]], [[Bongile Mantsai]], [[Lulama Masimini]], [[Odidi Mfenyana]], [[Terence Nojila]], [[Seputla Sebogodi]], [[Abey Xakwe]].
 +
 
 +
== Sources ==
 +
 
 +
[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
 +
 
 +
''[[Mail & Guardian]]'', 7 June 2001.
 +
 
 +
''[[Natal Witness]]'', 7 July 2001.
 +
 
 +
''[[Sunday Independent]]'', 8 July 2001.
 +
 
 +
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 +
 
 +
== Return to ==
 +
 
 +
Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]
 +
 
 +
Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]
 +
 
 +
Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]
 +
 
 +
Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]
 +
 
 +
Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]]
 +
 
 +
Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
  
 
Return to [[Main Page]]
 
Return to [[Main Page]]

Latest revision as of 10:34, 7 March 2024

Big Dada is a play by Brett Bailey, about Idi Amin Dada [1], President of Uganda (1971-79). World premiere in the Tropentheater in Amsterdam at the Roots Festival in June 2001.

The original text

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2001: Premiered in South African at the Grahamstown Festival in 2001, a Third World Bunfight production directed by Brett Bailey with an all-male cast of ten singer-dancer-actors, led by Sello Sebotsane as Big Dada. The same production played in the Baxter Theatre after the Festival. 2005: Directed: Brett Bailey. Cast: Ace Bonde, Mxolisi Bosvark, Lefa Letsika, Bangani Manok, Xola Mda, Bongile Mantsai, Lulama Masimini, Odidi Mfenyana, Terence Nojila, Seputla Sebogodi, Abey Xakwe.

Sources

Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

Mail & Guardian, 7 June 2001.

Natal Witness, 7 July 2001.

Sunday Independent, 8 July 2001.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

Return to

Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays

Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays

Return to PLAYS III: Collections

Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances

Return to South African Festivals and Competitions

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page