The George Society of Arts was formed as an adjunct to the National Council of Women in 1948. The Society consisted of a handful of members, under the guidance and inspiration of Mrs. Mary Heunis. One or two plays were staged every year, in the Old Town Hall for a couple of nights at a time, drawing an average of 275 people to a production. With no sets of its own, the …

The Boardwalk is Gqeberha's premier entertainment, hospitality, and shopping complex, located right on the beachfront in Summerstrand. It underwent a major expansion and now consists of the Boardwalk Mall (a large shopping centre) and the adjacent Boardwalk Hotel and Casino complex. Boardwalk Mall & Entertainment …

The Savoy Theatre is a performance venue on the corner of Diaz and Collette Streets, Adcockvale, Gqeberha. The venue is also known as the Savoy Club Theatre or Savoy Theatre and Conference Centre. It is the home of the Impact Community Theatre Company (formerly the Port Elizabeth Gilbert and Sullivan Society, originally known as the Savoy Club Theatre). It was designed …

Johannesburg Expo Centre (JEC) South Africa’s largest purpose-built exhibition, conference, convention and events venue is one of Johannesburg’s best-known landmarks. The Johannesburg Expo Centre is owned by the International GL events Group and the UK based Montgomery Group. Both these companies are well known global players in the Events and Exhibitions industry, the UK …

One of the major South African legacy projects linked to the 2010 World Cup was the construction of the first fully equipped, professional theatre facility in the vast township of Soweto, an area now administratively merged with Johannesburg. This showpiece project was to be built near a major shopping centre and adjacent to a large outdoor amphitheatre in Soweto’s Jabulani …