Durban Theatre Foundation
Durban Theatre Foundation was an arts organisation based in Durban.
History
Durban Theatre Foundation Academy
The organisation also facilitated arts education, through the Durban Theatre Foundation Academy.
The Durban Theatre Foundation Academy was in operation during 1981-1983. In 1984, liaison existed between the Durban Theatre Foundation Academy and the Natal Technikon. A total of 45 students were taught during this time. Ballet and art classes were taught in the Little Abbey Theatre. At this time. approximately 230 students were taught Speech and Drama as an extra curricular activity in the schools, by the Durban Theatre Foundation.
Later known simply as the Durban Theatre Academy.
For more information, see Durban Theatre Foundation Academy.
Productions
1984: Badjelly the Witch, Why Strelitzias Cannot Fly, The Reindeer Who Got Lost
1985: The Great Cross Country Race, How Dr Bones Saved Christmas
Sources
Sandra Herrington. 1988. Performance Polemics in a Plural Society: South African Theatre in Transition. Unpublished PhD Thesis. University of Natal.
Greyvenstein, Walter 1988. The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.
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