George Arts Theatre
George Arts Theatre is a theatre venue in the town of George.
Situated at , the venue opened in 1969 with a performance of The Sleeping Prince (Rattigan). (In 2019, as a celebration of their first 50 years, they performed the same play, directed by Ilze Tulleken.)
The George Society of Arts, currently in its 71st year of existence, purchased the building in 1969 for an amount of R12 000.00 and spent another R14 000.00 on renovations to convert it from a public school turned cinema, into a theatre. The beloved “old lady” has had a few facelifts over the years but, thanks to the sponsorship of Oakhurst Insurance, it has been revamped into the new designer look George Arts Theatre (currently known as the Oakhurst George Arts Theatre).
The venue was founded and is run The George Society of Arts, a Non-Profit Public Benefits Organisation.
It was later renamed The Oakhurst Insurance George Arts Theatre after its sponsor.
