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		+	'A real-life drama at the Fugard'. ''[[Mail & Guardian]]''. 13 December 2010.

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 A National Heritage Site today, it is located in the historic Sacks Futeran building in Cape Town’s District Six, a former textile and soft goods supplier in the early twentieth century, frequented by generations of [[District Six]] seamstresses and tailors. This is owned by and forms part of the [[District Six Museum]]'s Homecoming Centre and it has incorporated the renovated Congregational Church Hall in Caledon Street as its entrance.
-Construction of [[The Fugard]] theatre was underwritten by its founding producer [[Eric Abraham]], and is named in honour of [[Athol Fugard]], South Africa's internationally renowned playwright and director. The architect was [[Shaun Adendorff]] of Rennie Scurr Adendorff, and care has been taken to preserve this [[National Heritage]] Site.  [[Eric Abraham|Abraham]] continued to underwrite the operational costs of the venue till its closure in 2021.
+Construction of [[The Fugard]] theatre was underwritten by its founding producer [[Eric Abraham]], and is named in honour of [[Athol Fugard]], South Africa's internationally renowned playwright and director. Abraham put R18-million into creating the theatre, while [[Mark Dornford-May]] worked with architect [[Shaun Adendorff]] of Rennie Scurr Adendorff on the design and supervised the construction. Care has been taken to preserve this [[National Heritage]] Site.  [[Eric Abraham|Abraham]] continued to underwrite the operational costs of the venue till its closure in 2021.
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 The venue also hosted the world premiéres of the [[Afrikaans]] versions of ''[[Die Kaptein se Tier]]'' (2011) and ''[[Playland]]'' (2014).
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 E-mail address: The Fugard Theatre <newsletter@thefugard.com>
 ==Closure in March 2021==
 After a year of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021),  [[Eric Abraham]] announced on Tuesday 16 March, 2021, that [[The Fugard Theatre]] would close permanently with immediate effect. His announcement appeared on the theatre's website, saying: "We are not persuaded that it will be COVID safe or financially viable to reopen as a theatre in the foreseeable future. The theatre will be handed back to the owner of the freehold of the building – the board of [[The District 6 Museum]] – as a working theatre and we hope that they will be able to use it for the benefit of the Museum and the District 6 community".
 The theatre reopened in 2024 as '''[[The Homecoming Centre]]'''

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	[[Mariana Malan]], Die [[Burger]], 23 November 2010),		[[Mariana Malan]], Die [[Burger]], 23 November 2010),

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 ==Awards==
-The Fugard Theatre and its production teams and cast were regular nominees during the annual theatre awards seasons in Cape Town and Johannesburg at the two national theatre awards events – The [[Fleur Du Cap]] and [[Naledi]] Theatre Awards. Between 2011 and 2022, The Fugard was nominated 178 times and was awarded over 50 awards for its productions and those for which it acted as a receiving house.
+The Fugard Theatre and its production teams and cast were regular nominees during the annual theatre awards seasons in Cape Town and Johannesburg at the two national theatre awards events – The [[Fleur du Cap]] and [[Naledi]] Theatre Awards. Between 2011 and 2022, The Fugard was nominated 178 times and was awarded over 50 awards for its productions and those for which it acted as a receiving house.
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	The venue also hosted the world premiéres of the [[Afrikaans]] versions of ''[[Die Kaptein se Tier]]'' (2011) and ''[[Playland]]'' (2014).		The venue also hosted the world premiéres of the [[Afrikaans]] versions of ''[[Die Kaptein se Tier]]'' (2011) and ''[[Playland]]'' (2014).
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		+	The Fugard Theatre and its production teams and cast were regular nominees during the annual theatre awards seasons in Cape Town and Johannesburg at the two national theatre awards events – The [[Fleur Du Cap]] and [[Naledi]] Theatre Awards. Between 2011 and 2022, The Fugard was nominated 178 times and was awarded over 50 awards for its productions and those for which it acted as a receiving house.

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	== Productions ==		== Productions ==
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		+	Over its ten years of operation, The [[Fugard Theatre]] produced, screened, and hosted over 180 productions and events and over 250 Cinema screenings. From original West-End musicals, brand new South African musicals, new writing and music to cinema screenings, the volume and range of work produced by the Fugard was considerable, considering its lifespan.

	2010: Opened 12 February 2010 with [[Isango Portobello]]'s ''[[The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo]]''; followed by an opening season of ''[[The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso]]'' and a world premiere on March 19 of [[Athol Fugard]]’s new play, especially written for the opening, ''[[The Train Driver]]'', directed by [[Athol Fugard]]; ''[[London Road]]''; ''[[Aesop's Fables]]''; ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''; ''[[As Die Broek Pas]]''/''[[Man to Man]]''; ''[[Pieter-Dirk Uys: F.A.K Songs and Other Struggle Anthems]]''; ''[[The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists]]''		2010: Opened 12 February 2010 with [[Isango Portobello]]'s ''[[The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo]]''; followed by an opening season of ''[[The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso]]'' and a world premiere on March 19 of [[Athol Fugard]]’s new play, especially written for the opening, ''[[The Train Driver]]'', directed by [[Athol Fugard]]; ''[[London Road]]''; ''[[Aesop's Fables]]''; ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''; ''[[As Die Broek Pas]]''/''[[Man to Man]]''; ''[[Pieter-Dirk Uys: F.A.K Songs and Other Struggle Anthems]]''; ''[[The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists]]''

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 : Opened 12 February 2010 with [[Isango Portobello]]'s ''[[The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo]]''; followed by an opening season of ''[[The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso]]'' and a world premiere on March 19 of [[Athol Fugard]]’s new play, especially written for the opening, ''[[The Train Driver]]'', directed by [[Athol Fugard]]; ''[[London Road]]''; ''[[Aesop's Fables]]''; ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''; ''[[As Die Broek Pas]]''/''[[Man to Man]]''; ''[[Pieter-Dirk Uys: F.A.K Songs and Other Struggle Anthems]]''; ''[[The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists]]''
-: ''[[Die Kaptein se Tier]]''; ''[[Broken Glass]]''; ''[[Vusi Mahlasela (Featuring D7)]]''; ''[[The Bird Watchers]]'';
+: ''[[Die Kaptein se Tier]]''; ''[[Broken Glass]]''; ''[[The Bird Watchers]]''; ''[[Shakespeare’s R&J]]''; ''[[A Number]]''; ''[[Klaasvakie]]''
-: ''[[The Blue Iris]]'' (by [[Athol Fugard]], directed by [[Janice Honeyman]])
+: ''[[Statements After An Arrest Under The Immorality Act]]''; ''[[The Matrix of the Madrigal]]''; ''[[Kat and the Kings]]''; ''[[The Blue Iris]]'' (by [[Athol Fugard]], directed by [[Janice Honeyman]]); ''[[Trouble in Tahiti]]''; ''[[Santa’s Story]]''; ''[[Protest]]''; ''[[Heart/Attack]]''
-: ''[[Die Laaste Karretjigraf]]''; ''[[“Master Harold”…and the Boys]]''; ''[[Champ]]''; ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]''; ''[[Vigil]]''; ''[[50 Shades of Bambi]]''; ''[[Bench]]''; ''[[Anticipating the Apocalypse]]''
+: ''[[Die Laaste Karretjiegraf]]''; ''[[“Master Harold”…and the Boys]]''; ''[[Champ]]''; ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]''; ''[[Vigil]]''; ''[[50 Shades of Bambi]]''; ''[[Bench]]''; ''[[Anticipating the Apocalypse]]''
 : ''[[Playland]]''; ''[[Blood Brothers]]''; ''[[A Human Being Died That Night]]''; ''[[Same Time Next Year]]''; ''[[The Shadow of the Hummingbird]]'' ([[Fugard Theatre]]); ''[[Venus and Adonis]]''

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	2012: ''[[The Blue Iris]]'' (by [[Athol Fugard]], directed by [[Janice Honeyman]])		2012: ''[[The Blue Iris]]'' (by [[Athol Fugard]], directed by [[Janice Honeyman]])
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		+	2013: ''[[Die Laaste Karretjigraf]]''; ''[[“Master Harold”…and the Boys]]''; ''[[Champ]]''; ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]''; ''[[Vigil]]''; ''[[50 Shades of Bambi]]''; ''[[Bench]]''; ''[[Anticipating the Apocalypse]]''

	2014: ''[[Playland]]''; ''[[Blood Brothers]]''; ''[[A Human Being Died That Night]]''; ''[[Same Time Next Year]]''; ''[[The Shadow of the Hummingbird]]'' ([[Fugard Theatre]]); ''[[Venus and Adonis]]''		2014: ''[[Playland]]''; ''[[Blood Brothers]]''; ''[[A Human Being Died That Night]]''; ''[[Same Time Next Year]]''; ''[[The Shadow of the Hummingbird]]'' ([[Fugard Theatre]]); ''[[Venus and Adonis]]''

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 : ''[[The Blue Iris]]'' (by [[Athol Fugard]], directed by [[Janice Honeyman]])
-: ''[[The Shadow of the Hummingbird]]'' ([[Fugard Theatre]])
+: ''[[Playland]]''; ''[[Blood Brothers]]''; ''[[A Human Being Died That Night]]''; ''[[Same Time Next Year]]''; ''[[The Shadow of the Hummingbird]]'' ([[Fugard Theatre]]); ''[[Venus and Adonis]]''
 : ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]''; ''[[Cabaret]]''; ''[[The Pervert Laura]]''; ''[[West Side Story]]'' (in [[ArtsCape]]); ''[[Wie’s Bang vir Virginia Woolf]]''; ''[[Heart of Redness]]''; ''[[Bad Jews]]''