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5 unusual facts about Market Theatre


Gcina Mhlope

Still, Mhlope only began to think of storytelling as a career after meeting an Imbongi, one of the legendary poets of African folklore, and after encouragement by Mannie Manim, the then-director of the Market Theatre, Johannesburg.

Ingrid Andersen

She worked as a theatre publicist in the 1980s, the days of political protest theatre, at the Market Theatre and PACT, amongst others.

Market Theatre

Lace Market Theatre, a small, independent amateur theatre, located in the centre of Nottingham, England

MuseuMAfricA

The museum is housed in the city's former fruit and vegetable market in Newtown, built in 1913, located opposite Mary Fitzgerald Square, on the same block as the Market Theatre.

Paul Slabolepszy

Also a founder member of world renowned The Market Theatre in Johannesburg, together with Mannie Manim and Barney Simon in 1976.


Amanda Strydom

Johannesburg's famous Market Theatre was the venue for her first performance in one of Hennie Aucamp's cabarets, Met Permissie Gesê (Said With Permission).


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