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[[Cellar Theatre]] can, in theory at least, refer to theatre perfprmed in a cellar room or a wine cellar. But it is more often also simply used as an evocative name. There are a number of variations of this name (and the Afrikaans [[Kellerteater]] or [[Kelderteater]]), used by various theatre companies in South Africa.
  
("The Cellar" or "The Cellar Theatre")
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A small experimental space built in a cellar in the [[H.B. Thom Complex]] at the  [[University of Stellenbosch]] It was a small and cramped 60 seater venue constructed under the rehearsal rooms and the stage of the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] by [[Johann van Heerden]] and [[Emile Aucamp]] in the 1980s to house experimental student work unsuitable for the big stage. Hugely popular with staff, students and student audiences, and used mainly for practical examinations and the more experimental student work, such as [[Cabaret|cabarets]], monologues, [[Physical theatre|physical theatre]] productions, and so on.   
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'''[[The Cellar]]''', Durban
  
Closed down for public performance after 2000 because of occasional flooding and fear for safety of audiences. 
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'''[[The Cellar]]''', Stellenbosch
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See further [[H.B. Thom Theatre]]  
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'''[[Die Kelder]]''', Stellenbosch
  
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'''[[Die Keller]]''', Stellenbosch
  
= '''The Cellar''', Durban =
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'''[[Die Kellerteater]]''', Stellenbosch
  
A 120-seater theatre in the [[Natal Playhouse]], Durban, opened in 1986.
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'''[[The Cellar Theatre]]''', Stellenbosch
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 07:03, 8 March 2017

Cellar Theatre can, in theory at least, refer to theatre perfprmed in a cellar room or a wine cellar. But it is more often also simply used as an evocative name. There are a number of variations of this name (and the Afrikaans Kellerteater or Kelderteater), used by various theatre companies in South Africa.

Click on the appropriate link below to see details of the particular venue:

The Cellar, Durban

The Cellar, Stellenbosch

Die Kelder, Stellenbosch

Die Keller, Stellenbosch

Die Kellerteater, Stellenbosch

The Cellar Theatre, Stellenbosch