THE RHUMBELOW THEATRE
Cunningham Ave Off Bartle Rd
PRESENTS
“DIVAS TO A T”
TONYA KOENDERMAN
FRIDAY 4 MARCH
2005 Show starts 8.00 pm
SATURDAY 5 MARCH 2005
Show starts 8.00 pm
SUNDAY 6 MARCH 2005 Show starts 6.30 pm
(Venue opens 90 minutes before show
for picnic dinner)
The term
"diva" has been bandied about a little too liberally recently, with
the title being awarded to singers whose only claim to it is to be female. But
what exactly is a diva? Tonya Koenderman, one of South Africa's hottest cabaret
artists sums them up to a "T", as it were. "They are slightly
eccentric, slightly over the top, and ever so slightly melodramatic."
Tonya Koenderman
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 "Divas to a T". And with her long-time friend Lisa Bobbert on
board as director, it is pleasing on both the eye and the ear.
The show promises
to be a musical feast with serial thrillers and gorgeous, slightly revealing
costumes. All your favourites are
featured: Shirley Bassey, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli, Gloria
Gaynor, Tina Turner and many more.
In true diva
style, Tonya adds her own saucy touch to classics like"Big Spender",
"Simply the Best",
"Somewhere", "New York New York", "I Will
Survive", and "The Rose".
The show has
already performed to sold out houses in Durban, East London, Johannesburg,
Grahamstown, Cape Town, Nelspruit, and even Seychelles.
DO NOT MISS OUT.
R 50-00 a ticket
BANKING ESSENTIAL
Bring food picnic baskets.
(Braais will be available should you wish to cook
some meat)
Limited secure parking available Booking is essential.
Bar Available (Please note Alcohol may not 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
Press photos will follow for
media:
ABOUT 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