Tag: Standard Theatre

• Arcades of old Johannesburg

  

  While researching my book, Johannesburg ‘Then & Now’, there were several sections where the amount of information I uncovered was too large for the allocated space. The piece on the old arcades was one such example. Presented here is the original long version  Pedestrian arcades ran mostly north-south and connected main roads like Market, Commissioner…

  Marc Latilla

  October 11, 2018

  Johannesburg

  Adam Arcade, Arcades, Barkley Arcade, Barnato Building, Exploration Building, Green’s Chambers, Henwoods Arcade, Jeppe Arcade, Old Arcade, Rosenberg Arcade, Royal Arcade, Somerset House, Standard Theatre

• Theatres and Bioscopes in early Johannesburg

  

  The first theatre in JHB called Theatre Royal was in Market Street (east) and erected on 17 June 1887 (some sources say 15th June) by J. Mipping. The portable and demountable structure came from Newcastle. The two stands on which the theatre was erected were purchased by Mipping via a sale on 8 December 1886.…

  Marc Latilla

  July 29, 2013

  Johannesburg

  20th Century, Academy Theatre, Adam Leslie Theatre, Alhambra Theatre, Anstley’s, Apollo, Astoria, Avalon, Bantu Men’s Social Centre, Bijou Theatre, Black Sun, Blue fox, Braamfontein, Brooke Theatre, Carlton Theatre, Chelsea Hotel, Chelsea Theatre, Cinerama, Civic Theatre, Colosseum, Commissioner Street, Curzon, Doornfontein, Dorkay House, Eloff Street, Empire Palace of Variety, Fillis Circus, Fine Arts Theatre, Fox Street, Gem Theatre, Globe Theatre, Grove Kinema, Highpoint, Hillbrow, His Majesty’s, Intimate Theatre, Market Street, Market Theatre, Melville, Metro, Mini Cine cult cinema, Moncine, Monte Carlo, Odin Theatre, Orpheum, Oxford Hotel, Piccadilly Theatre, Plastic Theatre, Playhouse, Plaza Cinema, Regal Kinema, Rissik Street, Royal Cinerama, Scala Theatre, Sophiatown, Standard Theatre, Starlite, Ster City, Taj Cinema, Tea Room cinemas, The Colony, Theatre Royal, Victory Theatre, Village Theatre, Windmill Theatre, Yeoville, YMCA Theatre