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[[Guga S'Thebe Theatre]] is a multi-purpose performance space, an extention of the [[Guga S'Thebe Arts and Cultural Centre]]. Funded by the City of Cape Town and  Christina Bacht of AIT ArhitekturSalon, the project started in 2013, and was built to a design by Carin Smuts of CCS Studio, along with inputs from various national and international architecture students, using recyclable materials, notably 11 shipping containers. Paint for the brightly coloured structure was donated by Plascon SA and the work undertaken by many volunteers.  
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[[Guga S'Thebe Theatre]] is a 200 seater, multi-purpose performance space, an extention of the [[Guga S'Thebe Arts and Cultural Centre]]. Funded by the City of Cape Town and  Christina Bacht of AIT ArhitekturSalon, the project started in 2013 and was officially handed over to the City of Cape Town’s Arts and Culture Department on Wednesday, 23 September 2015 to commemorate Heritage Day. The theatre has been built to a design by Carin Smuts of CCS Studio, along with inputs from various national and international architecture students, using recyclable materials, notably 11 shipping containers. Paint for the brightly coloured structure was donated by Plascon SA and the work undertaken by many volunteers.  
  
 
The space is intended as both a performance and an educational venue.  
 
The space is intended as both a performance and an educational venue.  

Revision as of 15:54, 10 May 2016

Guga S'Thebe Theatre is a 200 seater, multi-purpose performance space, an extention of the Guga S'Thebe Arts and Cultural Centre. Funded by the City of Cape Town and Christina Bacht of AIT ArhitekturSalon, the project started in 2013 and was officially handed over to the City of Cape Town’s Arts and Culture Department on Wednesday, 23 September 2015 to commemorate Heritage Day. The theatre has been built to a design by Carin Smuts of CCS Studio, along with inputs from various national and international architecture students, using recyclable materials, notably 11 shipping containers. Paint for the brightly coloured structure was donated by Plascon SA and the work undertaken by many volunteers.

The space is intended as both a performance and an educational venue.

See also the Guga S'Thebe Arts and Cultural Centre


Sources

Michaela Stehr. 2016. All the World's a Stage, Plascon Spaces Issue 18: pp. 52-5.

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