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[[The Playhouse]] is a multi-venue theatre complex in Durban. Formerly known as the [[Natal Playhouse]].
  
== The Playhouse, Durban ==
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[[The Playhouse]] was home to the [[Playhouse Company]], founded in 1995 and launched on 11th February 1995 by [[Johan Zietsman]], CEO of [[NAPAC]], to be its resident production company.
 
  
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'''For information on the theatre complex before 1995, see [[Natal Playhouse]].'''
  
The name of two theatres in Durban, the original "atsmospheric" [[Playhouse]] designed by [[W.M. Timlin]] and owned by [[African Consolidated Theatres]] (1935-1985) and the renamed [[Natal Playhouse]] complex (which incorporated the old [[Playhouse]] along with the [[Prince's Cinema]] and opened in 1985.
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=== The original Playhouse ===
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An Tudor-style  which was opened in Durban on 7th of June 1935 by [[African Consolidated Theatres]], with , Palm Court, Tudor Room and Grill Room.
 
 
 
Smith Street, Durban. This was an internationally-known Tudor-style [[Playhouse]] designed by [[William Mitheson Timlin]].  According to [[Marilyn Martin]] (1995) it opened in 1924(??*), but [[Malcolm Woolfson]] (1986) states that it was opened on  7/6/1935 by [[African Consolidated Theatres]] (ACT).
 
 
 
It contained an "atmospheric" cinema (or [[Bioscope|bioscope]]), Palm Court, Tudor Room and Grill Room. The cinema  was one of four such "atmospheric theatres" built by [[ACT]] in the country, and sported a starry dome and crennelated walls.
 
 
 
The Playhouse is today the only preserved theatre of its kind in the country, for it was acquired by [[NAPAC]] and in 1986 incorporated into the 5-venue [[Natal Playhouse]] complex.
 
 
 
 
 
=== The Natal Playhouse ===
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=== The Playhouse complex after 1995 ===
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
[[Malcolm Woolfson]], 1986. The Long Road that led towards the Natal Playhouse. Durban : The Natal Performing Arts Council.)
 
 
 
[[Marilyn Martin]], 1995 (Catalogue: [[W.M. Timlin]])
 
 
 
== For more information ==
 
 
 
See further the [[Natal Playhouse]] and [[William Mitheson Timlin]]
 
 
 
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== Sources ==
 
 
 
 
 
== For more information ==
 
 
 
See further '''[[Playhouse]]''' and '''[[Natal Playhouse]]'''
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 05:49, 8 November 2024

The Playhouse is a multi-venue theatre complex in Durban. Formerly known as the Natal Playhouse.

The Playhouse was home to the Playhouse Company, founded in 1995 and launched on 11th February 1995 by Johan Zietsman, CEO of NAPAC, to be its resident production company.

For information on the theatre complex before 1995, see Natal Playhouse.

Sources

For more information

Return to

Return to South African Theatre Venues, Companies, Societies, etc

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page