Colosseum Theatre
233 Anton Lembede Street,
Durban
4001
233 Anton Lembede Street,
Durban
4001
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Additional Info
Architects: Percy Rogers Cooke, William Hutchinson Mason
Functions: Performing Arts
Styles: Moorish
Previous Names: Prince's Theatre, Prince's Cinema De Luxe
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
27031.369.9596
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- Mar 2, 2010 — Happy 45th, "The Sound Of Music"
Located on Smith Street (today renamed Anton Lembede Street) and adjacent to the Playhouse Theatre. Originally opened in 1926 as the Prince’s Theatre with a seating capacity of 1,531. In 1964 it was closed and remodeled into the Colosseum Theatre, playing ‘roadshow’ films in a newly congured auditorium that seated 1,344.
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The Colosseum Theatre Durban was a complete refurbishment of the old Prince’s Theatre which was situated next to the Embassy Theatre. This happened in the late 1960s to accommodate the so-called ‘road show’ presentations in 70mm of Fox Theatres who owned the cinema chain which was formerly operated by African Consolidated Theatres.
Originally opened as the Prince’s Theatre in July 1926, it was equipped with an Estey organ that was opened by William Bohm.
It has now been amalgamated with the adjacent Playhouse Theatre and is in use as part of a five venue performing arts center.
This web page says that the Prince’s Theatre was designed by architect William Hutchinson Mason. The renovation of this house and the adjacent Playhouse Theatre as the Playhouse Theatre Complex in 1985-86 was handled by the firm of Small & Pettit & Robson.