Diaries of a Diva - Tonya Koenderman

Sat Apr 27, 19:30 - Sat Apr 27, 21:30

Casta Diva's Vissi d'Arte Theatre

ABOUT

Welcome to Diaries of a Diva, starring the cabaret sensation, Tonya Koenderman. During the course of the show we come to learn about her many faux pas, her hang-ups, her fears, and the not so glamorous side of show business.


Directed by Tonya's long-time friend, and Durban’s Diva Lisa Bobbert, Diaries of a Down And Out Diva is a funny, charming, and sometimes downright embarrassing story of one diva's highs and lows of a showbiz life that has spanned more than 25 years. One quickly learns that being in show business is not all about glitz and glamour: There's the time our diva falls flat on her face as she trips over a wire; or the time when an enthusiastic audience member tugs at her skirt, and the whole thing comes off. Oh, and let's not forget about when an overzealous dancer removed more than just a jacket, leaving our diva naked breasted for all to see. Fortunately she'd just “had them done.”

 

Of course, what is a Diva without her music? The story is interspersed with a repertoire of diva-appropriate songs: I'm a woman from Smokey Joe's Cafe, I am what I am by Shirley Bassey, It Was A Very Good Year by Frank Sinatra, This is My Life, and New York New York to name but a few. Diaries of a Diva will be on at Casta Diva, Pretoria on the 27th of April.

Tickets are R140.


Tonya Koenderman has been hailed by critics as "one of the hottest properties on the cabaret circuit", and "a pint sized dynamo".

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 Dooh Wah Girls, We 3, Juke is King, Jive to the Juke, and Wurlitzer, All of Woman and Shake Your Bootie, all of which have performed to packed houses throughout South Africa.


Her solo cabarets include the hits, Around the World, When Jazz Was King, The Sound Of Musicals, A Night In Paris, Bassey and I and Born To Diva.


Tonya performed in the look-alike, sound-alike show, Stars in your Eyes, Impersonating her favourite artist, Liza Minnelli, which ran for two seasons at the Carousel .


Tonya has worked extensively for Sun International in numerous extravaganza throughout South Africa.


Tonya had the great honor 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 In which again she impersonated the legendary Liza Minnelli.


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, World Travel, VWV, Absa, Discovery, Virgin Active, to name but a few.



 Apart from dazzling Saudi Arabian “royalty”, she has performed in countries such as Australia, Italy, Mauritius, Seychelles, Ethiopia, and Morocco. Tonya has also worked extensively for the MSC Cruiseliners

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Diaries of a Diva - Tonya Koenderman
Casta Diva's Vissi d'Arte Theatre
67 Albatros Straat, Ninapark, Akasia, 0156, South Africa
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