The Wits Theatre Complex is a
performing arts
The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which are the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Perform ...
complex in
Braamfontein
Braamfontein (English: ''blackberry spring'', or more prosaicly ''blackberry springs''; also known as Braam) is a central suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa, seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and some of South Africa's major c ...
, a suburb of
Johannesburg,
South Africa. It is part of the
University of the Witwatersrand, although it also caters for professional companies, dance studios and schools. It is run by the University's Performing Arts Administration (PAA).
The Wits Theatre Complex opened in July 1983. Plans for the construction of the theatre complex were first announced ten years before that; in the interim, money for construction had been raised from public and private sources. Before the construction of the theatre complex, the Schools of Dramatic Art and Music had been staging productions in a building on campus called the Nunnery, a former convent. The Nunnery has been retained as a teaching venue.
The Wits Theatre Complex has three venues:
*the 367-seat Wits Theatre
*the 120-seat Amphitheatre
*the 120-seat Downstairs Theatre
In addition, the 1035-seat Great Hall is also used by the PAA, although it is not part of the Wits Theatre Complex.
See also
*
List of concert halls
A concert hall is a cultural building with a stage that serves as a performance venue and an auditorium filled with seats.
This list does not include other venues such as sports stadia, dramatic theatres or convention centres that may ...
*
University of the Witwatersrand
References
External links
Wits Theatre Complex website
Theatres in Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Concert halls in South Africa
Theatres completed in 1983
1983 establishments in South Africa
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