RHUMBELOW THEATRE
Cunningham Ave Off Bartle Rd
PRESENTS
BORN TO DIVA
TONYA KOENDERMAN our own SA JHB DIVA
(this show will sell out, so
please bookings should be accompanied by deposits in to our
bank account please)
FRIDAY 02 APRIL 2004 Show
starts 20.00
SATURDAY 03 APRIL 2004 Show starts 20.00
SUNDAY 04 APRIL 2004 Show starts 18.30
(Venue opens 90 minutes before show for
picnic dinner)
Tonya koenderman is back in town with her
one-man show, Born To Diva, a follow-up to her previous show, Divas to a T.
But what is a diva? It is certainly a term that has been bandied
around a little too liberally lately. Tonya Koenderman sums them up to a
"T" as it were. "They are
slightly eccentric, slightly over the top, and ever so slightly
melodramatic."
Tonya is one of the few performers who is
able to recapture the power and sheer drama of the great belters. And this is no more evident than in her
latest offering, Born To Diva, and with her long time friend, Lisa Bobbert on
board as director, it is pleasing on both the eye and ear.
The show promises to be a musical feast
with serial thrillers and gorgeous, slightly revealing costumes. All your old favourites are featured: Shirley Bassey, Bette midler, Liza
Minnelli, and Tina Turner. As well as some of the up and coming
divas: Jennifer Lopez, and Nora Jones to name but a few.
In true diva style, Tonya adds her own
saucy touch to classics like "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "Nobody
Does it Like Me", "Pata Pata", "Simply the Best",
"Proud Mary", "All That Jazz, and yes, she is singing "New York New
York" again.
Durbanites are likely to ask ………………………!!!!!!
Who is
TONYA KOENDERMAN ???
She
has been hailed by critics as "one of the hottest properties on the
cabaret circuit", and "a pint
sized dynamo".
after
14 years in show business, there is no stopping her now, as she continues to
wow audiences both locally and abroad.
Tonya
started her career fresh out of drama school with Kevin Feather's cabaret, The
Dooh Wah Girls in 1990, which ran on and off for four years.
Other
cabarets under her belt are We 3 with Gordon Mulholland and Paul Andrews, as
well as the Cape Town hits, Juke is King, Jive to the Juke, and Wurlitzer. More recently she has teamed up with fellow
singer, Anne-Marie Clulow to create All of Woman and Shake Your Bootie, both of
which have performed to packed houses throughout South Africa.
Her
solo cabarets include the hits, Tonya unwrapped, Makin' Whoopee, Liza with a T,
Age of Aquarius, Divas to a T, and Born To Diva.
Tonya
performed in the look-alike, sound-alike show, Stars in your Eyes, which ran
for two seasons at the Carousel .
Tonya
has worked extensively for Sun International in Extravaganzas such as Jump, Shout,
Bop and Boogie , and later she starred in
Skin
Tight and Ooh La Lah, both devised and directed by Bryan Bester.
Tonya
had the great honour of being the only local artist to star in the Sun City
sensation, Beyond Belief, which ran for 16 months at the Sun City Extravaganza.
Tonya
has worked at Caesar's casino as the guest artist in the dance extravaganzas,
Dazzle, as well as Celebrate both directed by Billy Hogg and Amber Baty.
Most
recently, Tonya has been very much in the corporate function scene, performing
for the likes of Investec, Standard Bank, Nedbank, Appletizer, Gillette, S.A.
Breweries, Avis, Adcock Ingram, to name but a few.
Tonya
has worked extensively overseas, to places as far afield as Morrocco,
Seychelles (where she works regularly for "royalty"), Australia,and
Ethiopia (for the World Health Organisation).
To
Quote my good friend who we get our sound equipment from
“Roland she will
blow you away she is an unbelievably dynamic performer….”
R 50-00 a ticket
Bring food picnic baskets.
(Braais will be available should you wish to cook
some meat)
Limited secure parking available Booking is essential.
Bar Available
(no alcohol may be brought on to the premises)
Phone or
email Roland for bookings and get that money rolling in.
H 2057602 Cell 0824998636 email roland@stansell.za.net