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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
A sexually explicit play about sex workers.  
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A sexually explicit play about sex workers, told through the tale of a mother who left rural Mpumalanga in search of a better life in the [[City of Gold]] and finds the going tough.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
2009: Premiered at the Grahamstown Arts Festival  in July, the show became a success, with performances  in the North West Province,  the Free State and asnd Gauteng.
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2009: Premiered at the [[Grahamstown Arts Festival]] in July, directed by the author. The show became a success, with performances  in the North West Province,  the Free State and and Gauteng, as well as runs at the [[Windybrow Theatre]] and the [[Market Theatre]] (opening there on November 4 for a two-week run).  
 
 
Since its
 
 
 
2009: Performed at the [[Windybrow Theatre]], directed by the author, with
 
 
 
2009: Opened at the [[Market Theatre]] on November 4 for a two-week run.  
 
  
 
2013 Revived at [[Mmabana Studio 1]], playing 30 May to 1 June at [[Mmabana Studio 1]],
 
2013 Revived at [[Mmabana Studio 1]], playing 30 May to 1 June at [[Mmabana Studio 1]],

Revision as of 07:12, 6 May 2024

Money Maker is a play by Julian Seleke Mokoto

The original text

A sexually explicit play about sex workers, told through the tale of a mother who left rural Mpumalanga in search of a better life in the City of Gold and finds the going tough.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

2009: Premiered at the Grahamstown Arts Festival in July, directed by the author. The show became a success, with performances in the North West Province, the Free State and and Gauteng, as well as runs at the Windybrow Theatre and the Market Theatre (opening there on November 4 for a two-week run).

2013 Revived at Mmabana Studio 1, playing 30 May to 1 June at Mmabana Studio 1,

Sources

Anon. Sisters get a little help from Julian. IOL (7 March, 2006)[1]

https://www.facebook.com/events/money-maker/581034785263854/?paipv=0&eav=Afbnb3Ns_MnNCbzwVtrhRfJyStHLP2G3cATlCIUyGcIQ0VY-CkDGRTDiko6neHokP0s&_rdr

Patience Bambalele. 2009. "The world of sex workers laid bare", Sowetan Live (21 October 2009).

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