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| | A 270-seat theatre named in honour of South African playwright [[Athol Fugard]] opened in 2010. | | A 270-seat theatre named in honour of South African playwright [[Athol Fugard]] opened in 2010. |
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| − | A National Heritage Site today, it is located in the historic Sacks Futeran building, a former textile and soft goods supplier in the early twentieth century, frequented by generations of [[District Six]] seamstresses and tailors. This is owned by and forms part of the [[District Six Museum]]'s Homecoming Centre and it has incorporated the renovated Congregational Church Hall in Caledon Street as its entrance. Construction of The Fugard Theatre was underwritten by it’s founding producer [[Eric Abraham]], and is named in honour of [[Athol Fugard]], South Africa’s greatest playwright. The architect was [[Shaun Adendorff]] of Rennie Scurr Adendorff, and care has been taken to preserve this National Heritage Site.
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| − | At the helm of the UK-based Portobello is producer [[Eric Abraham]]. He heads up '''Portobello Pictures''', an independent film, television and theatre production company with its head office in London and is one of the three managers of the [[Isango Portobello]] company, along with [[Mark Dornford-May]] en [[Pauline Malefane]]. [[Mannie Manim]] joined '''The Fugard''' team on a full-time basis in January 2010 to work with [[Georgina Rae]] (General Manager), [[Shamila Rahim]] (theatre manager) and the company in developing The Fugard and the local and international profile of the [[Isango Portobello]] Company. At the end of 2010 the relationship between Abraham and his partners in the [[Isango Portobello]] company deteriorated and the theatre manager and company company were evicted. In January 2011 Manim also left and [[Daniel Galloway]] was appointed General Manager.
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| − | == Productions ==
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| − | Opened 12 February 2010 with [[Isango Portobello]]'s ''[[The Magic Flute – Impempe Yomlingo]]'' followed by an opening season of ''[[The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso]]'' and a world premiere on March 19 of [[Athol Fugard]]’s new play, especially written for the opening, ''[[The Train Driver]]'', directed by Fugard.
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| − | http://www.thefugard.com/
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| − | [[Mariana Malan]] (Die [[Burger]] 23 November 2010), the [[Cape Argus]] (23 November 2010)
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| | == For more information == | | == For more information == |
Revision as of 07:00, 18 June 2012
