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Final curtain call for Cape Town’s Fugard theatre By Kedibone Modise, Chad Williams Mar 17, 2021 Share Cape Town’s Fugard Theatre is closing its doors permanently with immediate effect, after being shut for a full year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Many performing arts institutions have in the past year experienced significant economic setbacks due to the lockdown regulations and this has resulted in closures of several popular theatre houses. The founder of the 320-seater theatre, lo...

The Fugard Theatre shuts its doors for good Nonzwakazi Cekete CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA- AUGUST 4: South African director, actor and writer, Athol Fugard during an interview on August 4, 2014 at the Fugard Theatre in Cape Town, South Africa. The 82-year-old has returned to South Africa for good and will make his first appearance on stage in 15 years in his latest play ëThe Shadow of the Hummingbirdî. After years of successful operations, The Fugard Theatre has shut down and the lockdown brou...

Cape Town’s Fugard Theatre becomes the latest COVID-19 casualty The theatre, located in the Sacks Futeran building at District Six, with the renovated Congregational Church Hall in Caledon Street as its entrance, speaks loudly of history, storytelling, and South African culture. The Fugard Theatre is located in the Sacks Futeran building at Cape Town’s District Six. Picture: Fugard Theatre website. 5 day...

Lebogang Mashile and television actress Masasa Mbangeni are just some the many artists that shared their sadness on hearing the news. According to "We are not persuaded that it will be COVID safe or financially viable to reopen as a theatre in the foreseeable future. The theatre will be handed back to the owner of the freehold of the building- the board of The District 6 Museum as a working theatre and we hope that they will be able to use it for the benefit of the Museum and the District 6...

Fugard closure: Theatre is a very expensive business and it needs support 17 March 2021 5:05 PM Share This: The former artistic director of The Fugard says the theatre industry cant survive without support from audiences, the government, and the private sector. On Tuesday, Cape Towns iconic Fugard Theatre announced that it was closing its doors permanently. Greg Karvellas, the theatres former artistic director, says the Covid-19 pandemic has put the spotlight on why the local arts industry n...

John Kani laments closure of The Fugard Theatre: Another icon has fallen “Another icon has fallen to Covid-19.” This is how acclaimed South African actor John Kani has described the news of the closure of Cape Town’s Fugard Theatre. The theatre is closing its doors permanently with immediate effect, after being shut for a full year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Many performing arts institutions have experienced significant economic setbacks in the past year due to the lockdown regulations...

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