Barn Theatre

Also known as Old Barn Theatre, the The Old Barn [??**] or simply as The Barn

A theatre situated on the Bloomberg estate, ‘Uramarah’, in Constantia. In the 1960s David Bloomberg converted the barn on his family estate into The The Barn, a space where he produced and directed plays. This intimate 200 seater attracted performers such as Helen Bourne, Yvonne Bryceland, Johann Nell, Percy Sieff, Erica Rogers, Cobus Rossouw, and Leonard Schach.

Sources

Bloomberg, 2007

Tucker, 1997

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