Theater venue
Soweto Theatre
10 locals recommend,
Tips from locals
Ilse
January 3, 2017
Great music and theatre venue
Roka
December 11, 2018
Experience great performance by different artists covering a variety of music, dance, shows and etc in the heart of Soweto.
Aza
May 8, 2021
Soweto is home to a long and rich tradition of community theatre. Situated in the vibrant cultural precinct of Jabulani, it’s now iconic complex was completed in May 2012 and is a legacy project of the FIFA 2010 World Cup. The Soweto Theatre operates in perfect harmony with the entrepreneurial spirit of street vendors, hustlers and the organised big business of the Jabulani Mall. Jabulani Precinct: Soweto Theatre and the Jabulani Ampitheatre While the theatre and Jabulani Shopping Mall are contemporary additions to the budding cultural precinct, the Amphitheatre is legendary. Built in 1952, this was one of the few leisure facilities in Soweto during the apartheid years. It is a place of political significance and one of the few state structures which escaped being torched during the 1976 Student Uprising. From the sixties, the Jabulani Amphitheatre was the venue for jazz festivals which were later consolidated into the Soweto National Jazz Festival in the seventies. Because of its close proximity to Inhlanzani Hostel, the amphitheatre became popular for hosting Maskandi as well as Isicathamiya traditional music in the eighties. Local bands such as The Beaters led by Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse, Blondie Makhene and gospel festivals featuring local icons such as Rebecca Malope and Lundi have played to full capacity at the venue.
Soweto is home to a long and rich tradition of community theatre. Situated in the vibrant cultural precinct of Jabulani, it’s now iconic complex was completed in May 2012 and is a legacy project of the FIFA 2010 World Cup. The Soweto Theatre operates in perfect harmony with the entrepreneurial spiri…
Clara
November 17, 2019
the Soweto Theatre has great shows, it sits in one of the oldest townships of Soweto; it also hosts the Soweto Arts & Craft Fair every first Saturday of the month; and the Seven Colour Sundays on every last Sunday of the month for great food and music.
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Location
Soweto, GP