{"id":122323,"date":"2016-05-23T10:47:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T08:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/122323\/on-this-day-in-history-the-state-theatre-in-pretoria-opened\/"},"modified":"2016-05-23T10:47:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T08:47:25","slug":"on-this-day-in-history-the-state-theatre-in-pretoria-opened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/05\/23\/on-this-day-in-history-the-state-theatre-in-pretoria-opened\/","title":{"rendered":"On this day in history: The State Theatre in Pretoria opened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.statetheatre.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">The State Theatre <\/a>in Pretoria opened in 1981 as a non-profit government funded company. \u00a0The building we\u2019ve come to know today as one of the hubs of theatre is a Japanese-influenced complex of theatres. At the time of construction, it was the first of its kind in Southern Africa. \u00a0The theatre consists of five arenas, a large public square and a number of restaurants. It can accommodate any event, from festivals, product launches to shows such as opera,\u00a0ballet and musicals.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the State Theatre and all the theatres in the country rely on public funding. This was brought on by the embarrassing investment scam that saw millions lost as well as hundreds of jobs in 2000. Despite this setback and lack of support from the government financially, the theatre continues to host a number of shows.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/cIjqH_P_B18' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sahistory.org.za\/\">SA History<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='5540fda192a40b4acd084decdb6f66ed'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 23 May 1981, the government officially opened The State Theatre in Pretoria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7783,"featured_media":122324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[11102,1606,11103,3305,11104,10880,9796],"class_list":["post-122323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-11102","tag-art","tag-festivals","tag-history","tag-pretoria-state-theatre","tag-southern-africa","tag-stage"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["1981","art","festivals","history","Pretoria State Theatre","Southern Africa","stage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}