Soweto Theatre - Revision history

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	2015: ''[[Colour Me Human]]''		2015: ''[[Colour Me Human]]''
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		+	2017: ''[[The Gibson Kente Music Tribute]]'', ''[[Gone Native]]''

	==Soweto Theatre Youth Orchestra==		==Soweto Theatre Youth Orchestra==

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 Besides ''[[The Suitcase]]'' (2012), other productions done at the theatre have incuded ''[[Masote's Dream]]'' (201*), ''[[Book of Revelations]]'' (201*),
-: ''[[Asinimali]]''
+: ''[[Asinamali]]''
 /2015: On the first anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s death, the theatre hosted special performances and events honoring the legacy of the anti-apartheid icon. Soweto Theatre’s artistic director [[Warona Seane]] hosted patrons with [[Thabang Ramaila]]’s ''[[Ndlovukazi – She Elephant]]'', [[Meshack Mavuso Magubane]]’s ''[[One Square Mile]]'' and ''[[Eclipse]]'' by [[Danai Gurira]].

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 == Productions ==
-Besides ''[[The Suitcase]]'' (2012), other productions done at the theatre have incuded ''[[Masote's Dream]]'' (201*), ''[[Book of Revelations]]'' (201*),''[[Colour Me Human]]'' (2015)
+Besides ''[[The Suitcase]]'' (2012), other productions done at the theatre have incuded ''[[Masote's Dream]]'' (201*), ''[[Book of Revelations]]'' (201*),
 /2015: On the first anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s death, the theatre hosted special performances and events honoring the legacy of the anti-apartheid icon. Soweto Theatre’s artistic director [[Warona Seane]] hosted patrons with [[Thabang Ramaila]]’s ''[[Ndlovukazi – She Elephant]]'', [[Meshack Mavuso Magubane]]’s ''[[One Square Mile]]'' and ''[[Eclipse]]'' by [[Danai Gurira]].
 ==Soweto Theatre Youth Orchestra==

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 In 2014 the City of Johannesburg, as part of its ongoing Institutional Review, resolved that the three civic theatres, the [[Joburg Theatre]], the [[Roodepoort Theatre]] and the [[Soweto Theatre]], be integrated into a single theatre management company, [[Joburg City Theatres]] ([[JCT]]),  to manage the  functions and services of the theatres.
+==History==
 In 2013, the Theatre initiated youth programs aimed at nurturing local talent in the arts such as ''Seven Colour Sundays'', a food, music and lifestyle market event, and ''School Setworks'', providing training and performance opportunities for young aspiring

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 In 2014 the City of Johannesburg, as part of its ongoing Institutional Review, resolved that the three civic theatres, the [[Joburg Theatre]], the [[Roodepoort Theatre]] and the [[Soweto Theatre]], be integrated into a single theatre management company, [[Joburg City Theatres]] ([[JCT]]),  to manage the  functions and services of the theatres.
 ==Hstory==
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 In 2013, the Theatre initiated youth programs aimed at nurturing local talent in the arts such as ''Seven Colour Sundays'', a food, music and lifestyle market event, and ''School Setworks'', providing training and performance opportunities for young aspiring
 artists from Soweto.
 ==The venues==

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 * the large studio (capacity 152)
 * the small studio (capacity 88)
-the [[Jabulani Amphitheatre]] - an outdoor theatre situated in the Soweto Theatre complex. This refurbished 6 000 seater arena is rich with South African history as it was an integral location for secret ANC meetings during the apartheid era.
+* the [[Jabulani Amphitheatre]] - an outdoor theatre situated in the Soweto Theatre complex. This refurbished 6 000 seater arena is rich with South African history as it was an integral location for secret ANC meetings during the apartheid era.
 == Productions ==

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 ==The venues==
-The [[Jabulani Amphitheatre]], the [[Gibson Kente Auditorium]]
+* the [[Gibson Kente Auditorium]] (formerly the [[Red Theatre]], capacity 436)
 == Productions ==

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 ''See the overview provided in the entry on [[Theatre in Soweto]]''.
-=Referring to a  [[performance]] space=
+=Referring to a  [[performance]] space - The Soweto Theatre=
 == Founding and management ==