# Artscape Theatre in Cape Town — Citylit

Opera, dance, drama and new South African work in a major city arts centre.

Canonical page: https://citylit.vercel.app/cape-town/theatres/artscape-theatre

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## Artscape Theatre

Opera, dance, drama and new South African work in a major city arts centre.

- City: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Category: Theatres
- Address: D.F. Malan Street, Foreshore
- Citylit page: https://citylit.vercel.app/cape-town/theatres/artscape-theatre
- Official website: https://www.artscape.co.za/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artscape_Theatre_Centre
- Sources checked: 2026-10-08
- Coordinates: longitude 18.4305, latitude -33.92 (venue pin; entrance may be unverified)
- Coordinate source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artscape\_Theatre\_Centre

Artscape Theatre Centre (formerly Nico Malan Theatre Centre) is the main performing arts centre in Cape Town, South Africa. It was opened in 1971 and is located on reclaimed land in the Foreshore area of Cape Town CBD.
The inaugural performance was scheduled to be Giuseppe Verdi's Aida but illness struck the title-role singer Emma Renzi and the production was replaced by CAPAB Ballet's Sylvia. Other productions in the opening season were Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in Afrikaans and Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly.
The complex includes:

Opera House, seating 1,487 with provision for two wheelchairs.

About source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artscape_Theatre_Centre; checked 2026-10-12; license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

### Practical facts
- admission: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- booking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- stepFreeEntrance: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- accessibleToilets: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- parking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- publicTransport: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- family: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- environment: indoor (editorial-estimate); checked 2026-10-08; source: https://www.artscape.co.za/
- durationMinutes: 120 (editorial-estimate); checked 2026-10-08; source: Citylit editorial planning estimate

### Sources
- Artscape Theatre Centre – Cape Town: https://www.artscape.co.za/; fetched 2026-10-08; retrieved during research
- Artscape Theatre Centre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artscape_Theatre_Centre; fetched 2026-10-07; retrieved during research

### Photographs and credits
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/4b6ea9f9c87b.jpg — Artscape Theatre Centre. Venue photograph. Author: Adamina; license: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artscape_Theatre_Centre_(28522803654).jpg
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/9d1af5872d9d.jpg — Artscape Theatre Centre in Cape Town (2017). Venue photograph. Author: Olga Ernst; license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artscape_Theatre_Centre,_Cape_Town_(2017).jpg

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