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Magnet Theatre was formed in 1987 by [[Mark Fleishman]] and [[Jenny Reznek]] to produce Jennie Reznek's first one-person performance, ''[[Cheap Flights]]'' . It re-emerged in 1991 to produce ''[[The Show's Not Over Till The Fat Lady Sings]]'' in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Grahamstown, Pietermaritzburg, Windhoek, London, Brighton, Manchester, Glastonbury, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Hong Kong and Stockholm.  
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Magnet Theatre was formed in 1987 by [[Mark Fleishman]] and [[Jennie Reznek]] to produce [[Jennie Reznek]]'s first one-person performance, ''[[Cheap Flights]]'' . It re-emerged in 1991 to produce ''[[The Show's Not Over Till The Fat Lady Sings]]'' in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Grahamstown, Pietermaritzburg, Windhoek, London, Brighton, Manchester, Glastonbury, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Hong Kong and Stockholm.  
  
 
In 1994, after touring for two and a half years, they returned to South Africa with the following aims:  
 
In 1994, after touring for two and a half years, they returned to South Africa with the following aims:  
  
• To continue to develop Jennie Reznek's own unique physical performance style through the continued creation of small scale productions  
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• To continue to develop [[Jennie Reznek]]'s own unique physical performance style through the continued creation of small scale productions  
 
• To collaborate with other practitioners on larger scale productions which would encompass a broader socio-political vision  
 
• To collaborate with other practitioners on larger scale productions which would encompass a broader socio-political vision  
 
• To develop a profile for the company as an ongoing organisation with a specific artistic vision  
 
• To develop a profile for the company as an ongoing organisation with a specific artistic vision  

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Magnet Theatre

History and aims

Magnet Theatre was formed in 1987 by Mark Fleishman and Jennie Reznek to produce Jennie Reznek's first one-person performance, Cheap Flights . It re-emerged in 1991 to produce The Show's Not Over Till The Fat Lady Sings in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Grahamstown, Pietermaritzburg, Windhoek, London, Brighton, Manchester, Glastonbury, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Hong Kong and Stockholm.

In 1994, after touring for two and a half years, they returned to South Africa with the following aims:

• To continue to develop Jennie Reznek's own unique physical performance style through the continued creation of small scale productions • To collaborate with other practitioners on larger scale productions which would encompass a broader socio-political vision • To develop a profile for the company as an ongoing organisation with a specific artistic vision • To develop the language of physical theatre in South Africa as a means to overcoming vast language diversities.

The company

The theatrical works

Since 1994 they have continued to contribute to SA theatre with a variety of works. These include: In collaboration with Jazzart Dance Theatre, they created 7 new works - Medea (1994), The Sun, the Moon, and the Knife (1995), SOE LOEP ONS ... NOU NOG! (1996), VLAM 2 (1999), COLD WATERS/ THIRSTY SOULS (2002), RAIN IN A DEAD MAN’S FOOTPRINTS (2004/2005) and CARGO (2007); • Adapted and staged Herman Melville’s epic novel - MOBY DICK (1994); • Created 2 new Jennie Reznek-inspired performance pieces - I DO X 22 (1997) and 53 DEGREES (2002); • Created 3 outdoor theatre productions - PUMP (1998/9), ONNEST'BO (2002/3/5/6) and DIE VREEMDELING (2010); • Created a large-scale outdoor performance event, VLAM 1 (1999), to celebrate the dawn of the new millennium in collaboration with Jazzart and Southern Edge Arts of Western Australia; • Adapted the stories of the acclaimed Mozambican author, Mia Couto, for the stage as VOICES MADE NIGHT (2000/1 and 2007); • Collaborated with Theatre Spirale (Geneva) on a South African version of the Swiss play THE FIRE RAISERS by Max Frisch (2004), combining seven South African actors with actors from Mali, Indonesia and Switzerland; • Created Every Year, Every Day, I Am Walking (2006)

Die Vreemdeling (Magnet Theatre, 2010);

Kragbox (Magnet Theatre, 2010);

The Magnet Theatre Educational Trust

The Magnet Theatre Educational Trust for "Community Groups Intervention": The objective of this project is to strengthen community theatre as an important part of the theatrical landscape in South Africa.For more information go to www.magnettheatre.co.za


The Magnet Theatre - Old Match Factory

In the early 1920s the Lion Match Company built a group of very large industrial buildings in Lower Main Road, Observatory, all in the grand and imposing style of the times. These happily survived the century and have now been converted to provide an ultra moderm office complex of 11 500m2.

In 2010 Magnet Theatre acquired a space in this complex to serve as their home base theatere. They worked there for the year then opened the space formally as a The Magnet Theatre - Old Match Factory on January 26th 2011 with their production of Die Vreemdeling.

Sources

http://magnettheatre.co.za/aboutus

For more information

http://magnettheatre.co.za/

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