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News of the closure of Cape Town's Fugard Theatre last month was greeted like the demise of an old friend.
"Another icon has fallen to Covid 19," John Kani, one of the country's most famous actors, tweeted.
In just a decade of existence the theatre, named after world-renowned playwright Athol Fugard, had become a much-loved venue that put on work by local writers as well as internationally known plays and musicals.
For the artist community, its closure came to symbolise the struggle that it is now facing more than a year after coronavirus measures came into place.
Under the current restrictions theatres can use just half of their seating capacity up to a maximum of 100 people at indoor venues and 250 people outdoors, subject to strict Covid-19 safety measures.
News of the closure of Cape Town's Fugard Theatre last month was greeted like the demise of an old friend.
"Another icon has fallen to Covid 19," John Kani, one of the country's most famous actors, tweeted.
In just a decade of existence the theatre, named after world-renowned playwright Athol Fugard, had become a much-loved venue that put on work by local writers as well as internationally known plays and musicals.
For the artist community, its closure came to symbolise the struggle that it is now facing more than a year after coronavirus measures came into place.
Under the current restrictions theatres can use just half of their seating capacity up to a maximum of 100 people at indoor venues and 250 people outdoors, subject to strict Covid-19 safety measures.
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