Klein Libertas-teater

The Klein Libertas-teater (the Little Libertas Theatre) Stellenbosch. was originally a stable on Bergzicht farm, Stellenbosch. It was converted into a theatre to serve as the home for the Libertas Teaterklub (Libertas Theatre Club) in 1967. A foyer was added and the original stable door still separates the foyer from the intimate auditorium with its thick walls. In 199* it was briefly altered to serve as an art movie house by the owners of the Labia Theatre in Cape Town. When the venture failed, the theatre retained the seats, but reverted to being a performance space for live theatre, being rented to professional companies and performers, as well as local amateurs and the University of Stellenbosch Drama Department as the H.B. Thom Theatre became too small to house all the productions created by student writers and directors.. In 1998(?) a paid manager was appointed, the first being Francois Toerien. In 2000 he was succeeded by Maryn Fourie?*, she in turn by Kabous Meiring for a brief while in 2002, before GiGi Fourie took over in the same year. (Also see Libertas Theatre club.)

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