{"id":14628,"date":"2021-03-17T15:35:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calloffthesearch.com\/?p=14628"},"modified":"2021-04-04T15:36:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T13:36:26","slug":"the-fugard-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calloffthesearch.com\/art-entertainment\/the-fugard-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fugard. The End"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t feel like there is an awful lot to say, except maybe Fuck Fuck Fuck. The Fugard Theatre felt like such a special place, every time I stepped in there. And now it is closing down, yet another victim of the damned plague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As my dear friend and fellow theatre fan, Anne Taylor, says: &#8220;I am devastated. Every time I stepped in there I had a good time. I felt like I was in New York.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>We are not persuaded that it will be Covid safe or financially viable to reopen as a theatre in the foreseeable future.<\/p><p>The theatre will be handed back to the owner of the freehold of the building \u2013 the board of The District 6 Museum \u2013 as a working theatre and we hope that they will be able to use it for the benefit of the Museum and the District 6 community.&#8221;<\/p><cite><strong>ERIC ABRAHAM<\/strong>,<br><em>The Fugard Theatre&#8217;s founder, producer and benefactor<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-call-off-the-search wp-block-embed-call-off-the-search\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wAbMVjhxzn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calloffthesearch.com\/art-entertainment\/another-plague-sometimes-forgotten\/\">Of another plague, sometimes forgotten<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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