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Home » Theater Guide » Location » South Africa » Johannesburg » Colosseum Theatre

Colosseum Theatre

Johannesburg, South Africa
Commissioner Street
, Johannesburg, South Africa
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Atmospheric, Egyptian
Function: Unknown
Seats: 2279
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Percy Rogers Cooke
Firm: Unknown
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The Colosseum Theatre in Commissioner Street, Johannesburg, was opened by General Smuts on 4th October 1933 and became the flagship of African Consolidated Theatres. It occupied an entire city block with a west and east wing containing offices. The theatre had a distinct 'Egyptian' motif on the facade. Inside the auditorium, designed by interior designer William Timlin in a 'castleated' style with turrets and fairy dragons, the stage opening had a large rouged festoon curtain made from crushed velvet material adorning the procenium arch in later years.

It could accommodate full-fledged stage shows as well as movie presentations. A distinct feature was the ceiling of the large auditorium which contained hundreds of tiny concealed lights giving the effect of looking up at a night sky with stars twinkling.

Closed in 1985, it was demolished and an office block named 'Collosseum' was built on the site.
Contributed by John Ferreira

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There is a postcard picture of the Colosseum Theater here:
http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/world/za_johannesburg_colosseum.htm

posted by Lost Memory on Jul 12, 2005 at 7:37am
Status should be changed to closed/demolished as it was pulled down in 1985.The architect was P.Rogers-Cooke.
posted by atmos on Jul 2, 2007 at 4:10am
Here are some photos.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 12, 2008 at 6:39am
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