Old Match Factory

The Old Match Factory
In the early 1920s the Lion Match Company built a group of very large industrial buildings in Observatory all in the grand and imposing style of the times. These happily survived the century and have now been converted to provide an ultra moderm office complex of 11 500m2..

The Magnet Theatre - Old Match Factory
A venue in the old match factory, Lower Main Road, Observatory, was acquired by Magnet Theatre in December 2010, to serve as their home base. Opened as The Magnet Theatre - Old Match Factory on January 26th 2011 with their production of Die Vreemdeling.

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See Magnet Theatre

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