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[[Theatre on the Square]] is a theatre venue in Sandton, Johannesburg.  
 
[[Theatre on the Square]] is a theatre venue in Sandton, Johannesburg.  
  
The full name of the theatre was originally the [[Old Mutual Theatre on the Square]], later changed to the [[Auto & General Theatre on the Square]] and then again to [[Liberty Theatre on the Square]] , as the sponsors changed.  
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The full name of the theatre was originally based on the sponsors name at the particular time. So it has been called the [[Old Mutual Theatre on the Square]], [[Auto & General Theatre on the Square]][[Liberty Theatre on the Square]] and [[Agfa on the Square]], as the sponsors changed.  
  
 
It is a 200-seater theatre in  Nelson Mandela Square (formerly Sandton Square) in Sandton, founded in 1998 and managed by [[Daphne Kuhn]].  
 
It is a 200-seater theatre in  Nelson Mandela Square (formerly Sandton Square) in Sandton, founded in 1998 and managed by [[Daphne Kuhn]].  

Revision as of 16:41, 29 December 2021

Theatre on the Square is a theatre venue in Sandton, Johannesburg.

The full name of the theatre was originally based on the sponsors name at the particular time. So it has been called the Old Mutual Theatre on the Square, Auto & General Theatre on the Square, Liberty Theatre on the Square and Agfa on the Square, as the sponsors changed.

It is a 200-seater theatre in Nelson Mandela Square (formerly Sandton Square) in Sandton, founded in 1998 and managed by Daphne Kuhn.

Over 450 productions - including plays, musicals, lunch hour and children's theatre had been presented by 2012, in addition to numerous corporate events, concerts, industrial theatre and a regular youth theatre training programme in the performing arts.


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