Orpheum Theatre

The Orpheum Theatre was a venue erected on the corner of Jeppe Street and Joubert Street in Johannesburg and opened in December 1911. . In 1919 it was converted into a double-storey.

The theatre possibly opened with the first fictional South African film The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery, (R.C.E. Nissen), which was first shown there on 11 December 1911 in the evening, having been shown at the Tivoli Theatre in the afternoon.

The first film with synchronised sound, Don Juan, was also shown there.

Apparently it was later converted to a department store named Anstley's, before being demolished in the 1935 and the Anstley’s Building erected in its place.

Sources

Marc Latilla, Theatres in early Johannesburg in Johannesburg 1912 – Suburb by suburb research[1]