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She starred in [[Kevin Feather]]’s ''[[The Doowah Girls]]'' at the [[Richard Haines Theatre]] in 1993.
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She starred in ''[[The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾]]'' and in [[Kevin Feather]]’s ''[[The Doowah Girls]]'' at the [[Richard Haines Theatre]] in 1993.
  
 
Her one-woman show ''Divas to a T'' at the Backstage Theatre at the Royal Hotel, Durban in 2000 was a tribute to the great ladies of song: Shirley Bassey, Miriam Makeba, etc.
 
Her one-woman show ''Divas to a T'' at the Backstage Theatre at the Royal Hotel, Durban in 2000 was a tribute to the great ladies of song: Shirley Bassey, Miriam Makeba, etc.
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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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''The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾'' programme  notes, circa 1990.
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 526.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. 526.
 
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Revision as of 10:34, 8 November 2016

Tonya Koenderman (19*-) Singer, dancer, cabaret artist.


Biography

Youth

Training

Tonya graduated from Wits Drama School.

Career

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

She launched into her acting career with a singing/dancing and understudy role in Janice Honeyman's Jack and the Beanstalk, followed by a role in PACT's school tour of People We Call Parents.


She starred in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ and in Kevin Feather’s The Doowah Girls at the Richard Haines Theatre in 1993.

Her one-woman show Divas to a T at the Backstage Theatre at the Royal Hotel, Durban in 2000 was a tribute to the great ladies of song: Shirley Bassey, Miriam Makeba, etc.

Awards, etc

Nominee Durban Theatre Awards 2007 Musical theatre: Director:; Lisa Bobbert & Tonya Koenderman

Return of the Convent Girls,

Sources

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ programme notes, circa 1990.

Tucker, 1997. 526.

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