Artscape
Gallery, Museum and Theatre · Social Services · reports to Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC)
Artscape is a national performing arts institution in Cape Town, operating the theatre complex on the Foreshore that opened in 1971 as the Nico Malan Theatre Centre.
It runs an opera house, a theatre and a studio venue, presenting opera, ballet and contemporary dance, drama, music and community theatre. Its resident and associated companies include Cape Town Opera and Cape Town City Ballet.
The complex was built for whites-only audiences and was the subject of sustained protest and boycott before it was opened to all in 1975. Its current programming includes substantial audience development, youth and community outreach work across the Western Cape. It reports to the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture.
Audit record, 5 years
Financial highlights, 2024/25
- Total Revenue
- R106m
- Total Expenditure
- −R103m
- Total Assets
- R198m
- Total Liabilities
- R14m
Values in rand. Sparklines run oldest to newest and are scaled to each series, not to zero.
Leadership, 11 listed
- Chairperson
- Mr Zakaria Gordon
- Board Members
- Mr Clint Abrahams Mr Krishna Govender Ms Saba Zahara Honeybush Ms Khwezi Kunene Ms Jacqueline Lapoorta Ms Karen Meiring Mr Thabo Phillip Molefe Adv Jean Wilke
- Chief Executive Officer
- Ms Marlene le Roux Ms Yonela Schaupp
Description written for this directory from the entity’s own published sources: www.artscape.co.za, www.gov.za