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The Isango Ensemble (isango meaning "gate" or "port" in Xhosa and Zulu) is a Cape Town-based theatre company led by director Mark Dornford-May and music directors Pauline Malefane and Mandisi Dyantyis. It was established in 2000, when Dornford-May and conductor Charles Hazlewood travelled to South Africa to form a lyric theatre company for the Spier Festival; most of the company members are drawn from the townships around Cape Town. The company’s work focuses on re-imagining classics from the Western theatre canon, finding a new context for the stories within a South African or township setting.〔David Smith, ("Cape Town's rainbow stage ); A Cape Town district that once symbolised apartheid is now home to an all-black theatre company, Isango Portobello", ''The Guardian'', 15 February 2010.〕 ==Productions== In 2007 Isango premiered their productions ''The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo'' and ''A Christmas Carol - Ikrismas Kherol'' at the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town. These productions then transferred to London's Young Vic Theatre, winning the Whatsonstage Theatre Goers Choice Award for Best Off-West End Production. ''The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo'' transferred into London's West End in 2008, playing at the Duke of York's Theatre and winning the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival in 2008. The production went on to tour internationally, receiving the Globes de Cristal for Best Opera in Paris. In 2009, Isango opened their new production of ''The Mysteries - Yiimimangaliso'' at the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town. The production then transferred into London's Garrick Theatre, and was revived in 2015 at Shakespeare's Globe.〔Shakespeare's Globe. (The Isango Ensemble Mysteries ) 2015〕 From June 2009 to February 2010, Isango oversaw the development of the Fugard Theatre in Cape Town, funded by producer Eric Abraham, which opened on 12 February 2010. The opening season included ''The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo'' and ''The Mysteries - Yiimimangaliso''. Isango remained company in residence for theatre's first new season, premiering two new productions, ''Aesop's Fables'' and ''The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - Izigwili Ezidlakazelayo''.〔David Smith, ("All black South African acting company evicted from theatre" ), ''The Guardian'', 23 November 2010.〕 In 2012, the company premiered two new productions, La Bohème - Abanxaxhi, in a unique partnership with The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and Venus and Adonis - UVenus e Adonis. La Bohème then transferred to Hackney Empire, London and Venus and Adonis to Shakespeare's Globe. The Magic Flute - Impempe Yomlingo played in Berlin and Martinique. In 2013, the company returned to Shakespeare's Globe and finished editing their new film "Noye's Fludde" 2014 saw the company tour the USA to universal critical acclaim with sellout performances and produced another feature film Breathe - Umphefumlo, which had its premiere at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival and has a special gala screening in South Africa in March 2015, hosted by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isango Ensemble」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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