https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Alvin_Cinema 2026-09-13T15:27:13Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.33.2 https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=Alvin_Cinema&diff=289001&oldid=prev 2026-05-13T12:16:06Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 12:16, 13 May 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5" >Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The cinema had been created on the site of an old disused power station and tram shed near the Camps Bay beach (originally built between 1899 and 1900).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The cinema had been created on the site of an old disused power station and tram shed near the Camps Bay beach (originally built between 1899 and 1900).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After a fire destroyed their original venue (the [[Camps Bay Pavilion]]), the [[Camps Bay Operatic and Dramatic Society]] took over and converted the Alvin Cinema. They called their new venue the [[Phoenix Theatre]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After a fire destroyed their original venue (the [[Camps Bay Pavilion]]), the [[Camps Bay Operatic and Dramatic Society]] took over and converted the Alvin Cinema. They called their new venue the [[Phoenix Theatre<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]. The venue was bought by [[Pieter Toerien]] in 1987 and redeveloped as the [[Theatre on the Bay</ins>]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''For more information, see [[Camps Bay Operatic and Dramatic Society]] and [[Theatre on the Bay]].'''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Sources==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Sources==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> </table>

Darryl https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=Alvin_Cinema&diff=288999&oldid=prev 2026-05-13T12:13:49Z

<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/index.php/Alvin_Cinema" title="Alvin Cinema">Alvin Cinema</a> was a venue in Link Road, Camps Bay. ==History== The cinema had been created on the site of an old disused power station and tram shed near the Camps Bay be...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Alvin Cinema]] was a venue in Link Road, Camps Bay.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> <br /> The cinema had been created on the site of an old disused power station and tram shed near the Camps Bay beach (originally built between 1899 and 1900).<br /> <br /> After a fire destroyed their original venue (the [[Camps Bay Pavilion]]), the [[Camps Bay Operatic and Dramatic Society]] took over and converted the Alvin Cinema. They called their new venue the [[Phoenix Theatre]].<br /> <br /> ==Sources==<br /> <br /> [[Fiona Chisholm]]. 1987. &quot;Will the Phoenix rise again?&quot;, ''[[Cape Times]]'' 18 December, 1987.<br /> <br /> https://www.facebook.com/PieterToerienProductions/photos/long-before-theatre-on-the-bay-was-born-link-road-was-home-to-the-alvin-cinema-i/1031574383694775/<br /> <br /> == Return to ==<br /> <br /> Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Venues|South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc ]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]<br /> <br /> Return to [[Main Page]]</div>

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