Fish Hoek Dramatic Society

Fish Hoek Dramatic Society (FHDS)

Founded in 1953 and opened with a production of Dry Rot (**?) . Founder member Bill Warrener later had a trophy named after him. Its venue for years was the Fish Hoek Civic Centre, but later began to play at the Masque Theatre in Muizenberg, producing many large-scale musicals and other work.

Fish Hoek Dramatic Society One-act Play Festival

In 1962/3 it launched an annual One-act Play Festival which is still active with English and Afrikaans entries from all over the Cape Peninsula, celebrating the twenty-fifth festival in 1987. The festival was initially also staged in the Fish Hoek Civic Centre, before moving to the Fish Hoek Senior High School Theatre.

Sources

(See Gosher, 1988) [JF, JH]

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FISH HOEK DRAMATIC SOCIETY ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL. See Fish Hoek Amateur Dramatic Society.