Difference between revisions of "The Nunnery"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 9: Line 9:
  
 
1975: [[The Company]] staged John Herbert’s ''[[Fortune and Men's Eyes]]'' with [[Bill Flynn]], [[Paul Slabolepszy]], [[Ron Smerczak]] and [[Danny Keogh]] here in 1975.  
 
1975: [[The Company]] staged John Herbert’s ''[[Fortune and Men's Eyes]]'' with [[Bill Flynn]], [[Paul Slabolepszy]], [[Ron Smerczak]] and [[Danny Keogh]] here in 1975.  
 +
 +
1977: ''[[Wooze Bear]]''
  
 
1981: ''[[Miranda and the Magic Sponge]]''
 
1981: ''[[Miranda and the Magic Sponge]]''

Revision as of 17:01, 22 May 2026

A theatre space used by the School of Performing Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand. Originally a convent hall, as a performance space for the University of the Witwatersrand's School of Dramatic Art (1973-1976). The venue is steeped in theatrical tradition as companies like the Junction Avenue Theatre Company and the Market Theatre Company staged productions there when there were no other theatres available.

It has been retained as a teaching venue for use by the The Wits School of Arts (Dramatic Art).

Productions

Productions staged here include:

1975: The Company staged John Herbert’s Fortune and Men's Eyes with Bill Flynn, Paul Slabolepszy, Ron Smerczak and Danny Keogh here in 1975.

1977: Wooze Bear

1981: Miranda and the Magic Sponge

Sources

Percy Tucker, 1997

Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

For more information

Return to

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

Return to The ESAT Entries

Return to Main Page