The Performer

The Performer (sometimes referred to as the Performerteater or Performer Theatre) is a theatre venue situated in Menlopark, Pretoria, at the c/o Thomas Edison- and 13th Streets, Greenlyn Village Centre.

It is a high tech performance venue which claims (wrongly, for there were a number in the 1970s and 1980s) to be "the first sit down dinner theatre in Pretoria". It opened in November 2002. The Performer caters for 80 - 350 people, who sit around tables. An up-market entertainment venue, it also houses 3 VIP boxes, which are elevated gallery boxes that can seat between 10 and 40 people.

Productions
The theatre tends towards Afrikaans companies and musical fare, though they also have acts in English, and has already presented such South African artists and musicians as, Drie van die Bestes, Die Drie Tenore, Amanda Strydom, Lucas Maree, Dozi, Rory Rootenberg, Eden, Randall Wicomb, Rina Hugo and Elzabe Zietsman.

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