Capab, noun

/ˈkeɪpæb/
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Also CAPAB.
Acronym formed on Cape Performing Arts Board, a body established in 1962 to produce and promote theatre, opera, ballet, and music in the (then) Cape Province. Also attributive. See also Napac, Pacofs, Pact.
1965 W.J.B. Slater in M. Grut Hist. of Ballet (1981) 196We are expected to provide on a professional basis for the four expensive arts to a comparatively small population distributed in hundreds of towns and villages over an enormous area...CAPAB will therefore need a much larger income in the future.
1970 Argus 24 Dec. 3After dancing her way through many countries in the past 10 years, Cape Town-born Veronica Esterhuizen has come back to dance in her own country — for Capab Ballet.
1973 A. Hartman in Std Encycl. of Sn Afr. VIII. 377An orchestra of 46 musicians was formed by the Cape Performing Arts Board (Capab) to play for opera and ballet performances in the new Nico Malan Opera House.
1980 A. & A.R. Hoffman They Built Theatre 168Now that Pact, Capab and Pacofs are sponsored by the State, their provinces, and local authorities, it is possible for these groups to ‘go to town’ on all their productions, and losses are expected as a necessary part of cultural development.
1989 Style Feb. 41His cabaret Piekniek by Dingaan..turned establishment hair grey in the cautious corridors of Capab.
Acronym formed on Cape Performing Arts Board, a body established in 1962 to produce and promote theatre, opera, ballet, and music in the (then) Cape Province. Also attributive.
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