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	==Productions==		==Productions==
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−	~~===Opening season===~~

	2002: For the more conventional State Theatre audience ''[[Cats]]'' and ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'' started the year; two operas, [[Brett Bailey]]’s African-themed ''[[Macbeth]]'' and a more traditional ''[[Aida]]'', were imported from Cape Town, and the ballet ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' was staged. For the smaller theatre venues two more Cape productions, ''[[Glass Roots]]'' and ''[[Suip!]]'' were imported and, amongst others, [[Athol Fugard]]’s ''[[Sorrows and Rejoicings]]'' (starring Pretoria’s favourite [[Marius Weyers]]), [[Harry Kalmer]]'s double bill of ''[[Briewe aan 'n Rooi Dak]]'' (Letters to a Red Roof) and ''[[The Bitterbek Blues of Ben (Die Breker) Bartman]]'', [[Janice Honeyman]]’s ''[[Vatmaar]]'', [[Yael Farber]]’s ''[[He Left Quietly]]'', [[Bongani Linda]]'s ''[[Shaka Ka Zulu]]'' (The Gaping Wound), [[Kgafela Oa Magogodi]]'s ''[[Itchy City]]'' and ''[[King Baabu]]'' by [[Wole Soyinka]] were put on during the first year.		2002: For the more conventional State Theatre audience ''[[Cats]]'' and ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'' started the year; two operas, [[Brett Bailey]]’s African-themed ''[[Macbeth]]'' and a more traditional ''[[Aida]]'', were imported from Cape Town, and the ballet ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' was staged. For the smaller theatre venues two more Cape productions, ''[[Glass Roots]]'' and ''[[Suip!]]'' were imported and, amongst others, [[Athol Fugard]]’s ''[[Sorrows and Rejoicings]]'' (starring Pretoria’s favourite [[Marius Weyers]]), [[Harry Kalmer]]'s double bill of ''[[Briewe aan 'n Rooi Dak]]'' (Letters to a Red Roof) and ''[[The Bitterbek Blues of Ben (Die Breker) Bartman]]'', [[Janice Honeyman]]’s ''[[Vatmaar]]'', [[Yael Farber]]’s ''[[He Left Quietly]]'', [[Bongani Linda]]'s ''[[Shaka Ka Zulu]]'' (The Gaping Wound), [[Kgafela Oa Magogodi]]'s ''[[Itchy City]]'' and ''[[King Baabu]]'' by [[Wole Soyinka]] were put on during the first year.

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 ===Opening season===
-For the more conventional State Theatre audience ''[[Cats]]'' and ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'' started the year; two operas, [[Brett Bailey]]’s African-themed ''[[Macbeth]]'' and a more traditional ''[[Aida]]'', were imported from Cape Town, and the ballet ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' was staged. For the smaller theatre venues two more Cape productions, ''[[Glass Roots]]'' and ''[[Suip!]]'' were imported and, amongst others, [[Athol Fugard]]’s ''[[Sorrows and Rejoicings]]'' (starring Pretoria’s favourite [[Marius Weyers]]), [[Harry Kalmer]]'s double bill of ''[[Briewe aan 'n Rooi Dak]]'' (Letters to a Red Roof) and ''[[The Bitterbek Blues of Ben (Die Breker) Bartman]]'', [[Janice Honeyman]]’s ''[[Vatmaar]]'', [[Yael Farber]]’s ''[[He Left Quietly]]'', [[Bongani Linda]]'s ''[[Shaka Ka Zulu]]'' (The Gaping Wound), [[Kgafela Oa Magogodi]]'s ''[[Itchy City]]'' and ''[[King Baabu]]'' by [[Wole Soyinka]] were put on during the first year.
+: For the more conventional State Theatre audience ''[[Cats]]'' and ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'' started the year; two operas, [[Brett Bailey]]’s African-themed ''[[Macbeth]]'' and a more traditional ''[[Aida]]'', were imported from Cape Town, and the ballet ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' was staged. For the smaller theatre venues two more Cape productions, ''[[Glass Roots]]'' and ''[[Suip!]]'' were imported and, amongst others, [[Athol Fugard]]’s ''[[Sorrows and Rejoicings]]'' (starring Pretoria’s favourite [[Marius Weyers]]), [[Harry Kalmer]]'s double bill of ''[[Briewe aan 'n Rooi Dak]]'' (Letters to a Red Roof) and ''[[The Bitterbek Blues of Ben (Die Breker) Bartman]]'', [[Janice Honeyman]]’s ''[[Vatmaar]]'', [[Yael Farber]]’s ''[[He Left Quietly]]'', [[Bongani Linda]]'s ''[[Shaka Ka Zulu]]'' (The Gaping Wound), [[Kgafela Oa Magogodi]]'s ''[[Itchy City]]'' and ''[[King Baabu]]'' by [[Wole Soyinka]] were put on during the first year.
 :  ''[[Shaka Zulu (Ushaka Ka Zulu) - The Gaping Wound]]''

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 [[Aubrey Sekhabi]], 32-year-old Wits drama graduate, playwright and artistic director of the [[North West Drama Company]] for the previous eight years, was appointed the new artistic director. Under this new management the State Theatre started offering a wide variety of productions which clearly indicated an intention to reflect, and attract, the new South Africa.
 ===Opening season===
 For the more conventional State Theatre audience ''[[Cats]]'' and ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'' started the year; two operas, [[Brett Bailey]]’s African-themed ''[[Macbeth]]'' and a more traditional ''[[Aida]]'', were imported from Cape Town, and the ballet ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' was staged. For the smaller theatre venues two more Cape productions, ''[[Glass Roots]]'' and ''[[Suip!]]'' were imported and, amongst others, [[Athol Fugard]]’s ''[[Sorrows and Rejoicings]]'' (starring Pretoria’s favourite [[Marius Weyers]]), [[Harry Kalmer]]'s double bill of ''[[Briewe aan 'n Rooi Dak]]'' (Letters to a Red Roof) and ''[[The Bitterbek Blues of Ben (Die Breker) Bartman]]'', [[Janice Honeyman]]’s ''[[Vatmaar]]'', [[Yael Farber]]’s ''[[He Left Quietly]]'', [[Bongani Linda]]'s ''[[Shaka Ka Zulu]]'' (The Gaping Wound), [[Kgafela Oa Magogodi]]'s ''[[Itchy City]]'' and ''[[King Baabu]]'' by [[Wole Soyinka]] were put on during the first year.
 :  ''[[Shaka Zulu (Ushaka Ka Zulu) - The Gaping Wound]]''
 :  ''[[Shaka Zulu (Ushaka Ka Zulu) - The Gaping Wound]]''
 ==Venues==

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	For the more conventional State Theatre audience ''[[Cats]]'' and ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'' started the year; two operas, [[Brett Bailey]]’s African-themed ''[[Macbeth]]'' and a more traditional ''[[Aida]]'', were imported from Cape Town, and the ballet ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' was staged. For the smaller theatre venues two more Cape productions, ''[[Glass Roots]]'' and ''[[Suip!]]'' were imported and, amongst others, [[Athol Fugard]]’s ''[[Sorrows and Rejoicings]]'' (starring Pretoria’s favourite [[Marius Weyers]]), [[Harry Kalmer]]'s double bill of ''[[Briewe aan 'n Rooi Dak]]'' (Letters to a Red Roof) and ''[[The Bitterbek Blues of Ben (Die Breker) Bartman]]'', [[Janice Honeyman]]’s ''[[Vatmaar]]'', [[Yael Farber]]’s ''[[He Left Quietly]]'', [[Bongani Linda]]'s ''[[Shaka Ka Zulu]]'' (The Gaping Wound), [[Kgafela Oa Magogodi]]'s ''[[Itchy City]]'' and ''[[King Baabu]]'' by [[Wole Soyinka]] were put on during the first year.		For the more conventional State Theatre audience ''[[Cats]]'' and ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'' started the year; two operas, [[Brett Bailey]]’s African-themed ''[[Macbeth]]'' and a more traditional ''[[Aida]]'', were imported from Cape Town, and the ballet ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' was staged. For the smaller theatre venues two more Cape productions, ''[[Glass Roots]]'' and ''[[Suip!]]'' were imported and, amongst others, [[Athol Fugard]]’s ''[[Sorrows and Rejoicings]]'' (starring Pretoria’s favourite [[Marius Weyers]]), [[Harry Kalmer]]'s double bill of ''[[Briewe aan 'n Rooi Dak]]'' (Letters to a Red Roof) and ''[[The Bitterbek Blues of Ben (Die Breker) Bartman]]'', [[Janice Honeyman]]’s ''[[Vatmaar]]'', [[Yael Farber]]’s ''[[He Left Quietly]]'', [[Bongani Linda]]'s ''[[Shaka Ka Zulu]]'' (The Gaping Wound), [[Kgafela Oa Magogodi]]'s ''[[Itchy City]]'' and ''[[King Baabu]]'' by [[Wole Soyinka]] were put on during the first year.
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		+	===Productions===
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		+	2021: ''[[Shaka Zulu (Ushaka Ka Zulu) - The Gaping Wound]]''
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		+	2022: ''[[Shaka Zulu (Ushaka Ka Zulu) - The Gaping Wound]]''

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	Up to the re-opening of the theatre the new policy of [[PAC]]s functioning as playhouses had not been implemented at Pretoria’s State Theatre. The reasons behind this were complex, but in essence could be boiled down to two main issues: the new Constitution prevented the government from obliging the provinces and the cities to support the theatres financially, and there were no no tax incentives for businesses to support the arts. At the time of the re-opening Minister Ben Ngubane announced that the theatre would from then on function as a playhouse, available for rent and supported through private sector partnerships and provincial funding. He also announced that “if the provincial governments don't support the theatres, they will close by the end of this financial year”.		Up to the re-opening of the theatre the new policy of [[PAC]]s functioning as playhouses had not been implemented at Pretoria’s State Theatre. The reasons behind this were complex, but in essence could be boiled down to two main issues: the new Constitution prevented the government from obliging the provinces and the cities to support the theatres financially, and there were no no tax incentives for businesses to support the arts. At the time of the re-opening Minister Ben Ngubane announced that the theatre would from then on function as a playhouse, available for rent and supported through private sector partnerships and provincial funding. He also announced that “if the provincial governments don't support the theatres, they will close by the end of this financial year”.
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		+	===Management===

	While the investigations into the earlier financial mismanagement of funds, including the investments with Scott Asset Management (SAM), run by Keith Scott of Scott Investments continued, and the arts community kept speculating about the viability of the State Theatre, a new CEO, [[Michael Lovegrove]] was appointed in December 2001. He was a former [[PACT]] administrator and Sun City producer. Lovegrove immediately declared that what the State Theatre needed was ‘popular’ theatre, musicals and pantomimes and announced that ''[[Cats]]'' would open in the theatre in February.		While the investigations into the earlier financial mismanagement of funds, including the investments with Scott Asset Management (SAM), run by Keith Scott of Scott Investments continued, and the arts community kept speculating about the viability of the State Theatre, a new CEO, [[Michael Lovegrove]] was appointed in December 2001. He was a former [[PACT]] administrator and Sun City producer. Lovegrove immediately declared that what the State Theatre needed was ‘popular’ theatre, musicals and pantomimes and announced that ''[[Cats]]'' would open in the theatre in February.

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 While the investigations into the earlier financial mismanagement of funds, including the investments with Scott Asset Management (SAM), run by Keith Scott of Scott Investments continued, and the arts community kept speculating about the viability of the State Theatre, a new CEO, [[Michael Lovegrove]] was appointed in December 2001. He was a former [[PACT]] administrator and Sun City producer. Lovegrove immediately declared that what the State Theatre needed was ‘popular’ theatre, musicals and pantomimes and announced that ''[[Cats]]'' would open in the theatre in February.
-[[Aubrey Sekhabi]], 32-year-old Wits drama graduate, playwright and artistic director of the [[North West Drama Company]] for the previous eight years, was appointed the new artistic director. Under this new management the State Theatre started offering a wide variety of productions which clearly indicated an intention to reflect, and attract, the new South Africa. For the more conventional State Theatre audience ''[[Cats]]'' and ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'' started the year; two operas, [[Brett Bailey]]’s African-themed ''[[Macbeth]]'' and a more traditional ''[[Aida]]'', were imported from Cape Town, and the ballet ''[[The Sleeping Beauty]]'' was staged. For the smaller theatre venues two more Cape productions, ''[[Glass Roots]]'' and ''[[Suip!]]'' were imported and, amongst others, [[Athol Fugard]]’s ''[[Sorrows and Rejoicings]]'' (starring Pretoria’s favourite [[Marius Weyers]]), [[Harry Kalmer]]'s double bill of ''[[Briewe aan 'n Rooi Dak]]'' (Letters to a Red Roof) and ''[[The Bitterbek Blues of Ben (Die Breker) Bartman]]'', [[Janice Honeyman]]’s ''[[Vatmaar]]'', [[Yael Farber]]’s ''[[He Left Quietly]]'', [[Bongani Linda]]'s ''[[Shaka Ka Zulu]]'' (The Gaping Wound), [[Kgafela Oa Magogodi]]'s ''[[Itchy City]]'' and ''[[King Baabu]]'' by [[Wole Soyinka]] were put on during the first year.
+[[Aubrey Sekhabi]], 32-year-old Wits drama graduate, playwright and artistic director of the [[North West Drama Company]] for the previous eight years, was appointed the new artistic director. Under this new management the State Theatre started offering a wide variety of productions which clearly indicated an intention to reflect, and attract, the new South Africa.
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 ==SAST TV==
-In November 2024, the South African State Theatre unveiled [[SAST TV]], a groundbreaking platform offering a diverse range of productions, podcasts, and exclusive content online.
+In November 2024, the South African State Theatre unveiled [[SAST TV]], a groundbreaking platform streaming a diverse range of productions, podcasts, and exclusive content online.
 ==Sources==

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 There are six theatres in the complex:
-* Malombo Theatre (formerly the [[Intimate Theatre]])
+* Malombo Theatre (formerly the [[Studio Theatre]])
 * [[Sibusiso Khwinana]] Theatre (formerly the [[Momentum Theatre]])