George Arts Theatre

George Arts Theatre is a theatre venue in the town of George.

History

Situated at , the building itself was built in 1905 as a girls' hostel before it was turned into a cinema. In 1969 the George Society of Arts (a Non-Profit Public Benefits Organisation, founded in 1948), purchased the building for an amount of R12 000 and spent another R14 000 on renovations, to convert it into a theatre. Further alterations have been made from time to time. It was later renamed the Oakhurst George Arts Theatre after its sponsor.

The venue has from the beginning been run by the George Society of Arts.

The first production in the venue in 1969 was a performance of The Sleeping Prince by Terence Rattigan. In 2019, as a celebration of their first 50 years, they performed the same play once more, now directed by Ilze Tulleken, with Alicia van Zyl as Mary Morgan and Aidan Hyland as Charles Prince Regent of Carpathia.

Other productions over the years have included:

Sources

http://www.georgeartstheatre.co.za/

"Theatre Celebrates 50th Birthday", The George Herald:Tuesday, 19 February 2019[1]

"George Society of Arts reawakens The Sleeping Prince after 50 years", The Gremlin/George News (March 26, 2019)[2]

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