Shows by our South African STAR Miss Tonya Koenderman

Tonya Koenderman has been hailed by critics as "one of the hottest properties on the cabaret circuit", and "a pint sized dynamo". After more than 2 decades in show business, there is no stopping her, 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. She 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. She has worked at Caesar's Casino as the guest artist in the dance extravaganzas, Dazzle, directed by Bryan Bester, and Celebrate directed by Amber Baty and Billy Hogg. She also performed in two popular shows directed and produced by Pierre Falerne: Tom Jones versus Tina Turner and Neil Diamond and Friends which have run in Namibia, Swaziland, White River, and the Wild Coast Sun.