The Fugard Theatre

The Fugard Theatre has closed permanently on 16 March 2021. See our website for future plans.

[The Fugard Theatre @TheFugard]

@TheCapeRobyn @QuicketSA Please note The Fugard Theatre as an artistic and producing house has closed permanently. Our tag will remain active and independent of the HCC and their new theatre spaces. See our website for future details. https://t.co/BDMbL3lQl3

[greg karvellas @gregkarvellas]

Final picture in the @TheFugard main theatre before I leave at the end of the week.

📸 Daniel Rutland Manners

[Ann @annwats78]

This thread broke my heart 💔😭 Stay strong Fugard Family!!! We will ALL be back for sold-out performances when you open again. Well...I know I will!! Sending love ❤

[Robyn Y Cohen she/her #vaccinated @TheCapeRobyn]

Shattering news re @TheFugard shuttering until further notice. A jewel of a theatre - it drew people from all over the world. Heartbreaking for staff, creative industry, publicists, photographers & everyone else

[Sarafina Magazine @SarafinaMag]

To our dear friends at @TheFugard ❤️

[Maria @MariaCVos]

This is heartbreaking. Lots of love to everyone at the Fugard. 💔

[The Fugard Theatre @TheFugard]

@nelcrouch Ah @nelcrouch! Lovely to hear from you! We have been following what’s been happing there and thinking of all our UK colleagues so much. Wishing you guys strength during this time ♥️

[The Fugard Theatre @TheFugard]

ANNOUNCEMENT

The Fugard Theatre & Bioscope will remain closed until we can be confident that staff, performers and audiences will not be at risk as a result of the availability of a vaccine or effective treatment for the Covid-19 virus.

[Nel Crouch @nelcrouch]

@TheFugard Oh boy. Such a happy time with you last year, so sorry to hear this and of the tough times in SA. Sending lots of love and solidarity from the UK.

[The Fugard Theatre @TheFugard]

@thisisSJKing Thank you @thisisSJKing 🎭

[The Fugard Theatre @TheFugard]

@candacew Thank you @candacew ♥️

[Candace van der Berg @candacew]

Really sad to hear this, and especially sad for the spectacular humans behind the scenes impacted by this announcement.

[Lucy Tops @Lucy_Tops]

Heartbreaking 😢

[Simon Comley @simonthetwit]

@TheFugard Such sad news guys, having worked with you folks over the last few years I know how hard that team has worked and how much effort goes into everything you do.

[Sara-Jayne Makwala King @thisisSJKing]

This makes me so sad. So many happy times spent here. 2021 seems a lifetime away, but when the doors do open again, I’ll be first in line.

[The Fugard Theatre @TheFugard]

@simonthetwit Simon! How wonderful to hear from you. Thank you for your kind words. ♥️

[The Fugard Theatre @TheFugard]

I would like to thank patrons for coming and supporting The Fugard. Keep well all. – Eric Abraham, founder and benefactor, The Fugard Theatre & Bioscope.

[The Fugard Theatre @TheFugard]

I would like to thank all staff for their extraordinary achievement over the last decade in making The Fugard one of Africa’s foremost theatres.