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Die Kellerteater (“the Cellar Theatre”) in Stellenbosch was a small and cramped 60 seater venue constructed under the rehearsal rooms and the stage of the [[H.B. Thom Theatre]] by [[Johann van Heerden]] and [[Emile Aucamp]] in the 1980s to house experimental student work unsuitable for the big stage. Hugely popular with staff, students and student audiences, and used mainly for practical examinations and the more experimental student work, such as [[Cabaret|cabarets]], monologues, [[Physical theatre|physical theatre]] productions, and so on.   
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[[Die Kellerteater]] (“the cellar theatre” or simply '''[[Die Keller]]''' - "the cellar") in Stellenbosch was a small and cramped 60 seater venue constructed in the 1980s to house experimental student work unsuitable for the big stage.  
  
Closed down for public performance after 2000 because of occasional flooding and fear for safety of audiences.  
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Sometimes referred to in English as the [[Cellar Theatre]].  
  
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Latest revision as of 06:19, 8 March 2017

Die Kellerteater (“the cellar theatre” or simply Die Keller - "the cellar") in Stellenbosch was a small and cramped 60 seater venue constructed in the 1980s to house experimental student work unsuitable for the big stage.

Sometimes referred to in English as the Cellar Theatre.


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