ABOUT TONYA KOENDERMAN…

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, Tonya unwrapped, Makin’ Whoopee, Liza with a T, Age of Aquarius, Divas to a T, Around The World, When Jazz Was King 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 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 In which  again she impersonated the legendary Liza Minnelli.

In 2007,  Tonya co-directed and starred in Convent Girls with fellow performer and friend,Lisa Bobbert, which was nominated for three Durban Mercury awards:  Best Production, Best Direction, and Best lead Actress (for which both Lisa and Tonya were nominated).

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”,  he has performed in countries such as  Australia, Italy, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Morocco, to name but a few.  Critics have hailed her as “a pint sized dynamo”, and “spellbinding”.