sentences:  From the early 1980s, British comedy actor and director Rex Garner became associated with Toerien for many box office successes, including Ray Cooney's "Out of Order" and" It Runs in the Family", Michael Pertwee's "Birds of Paradise" and Robin Hawdon's rewrite of Marc Camoletti's "Don't Dress for Dinner", which saw a 2013 revival in Toerien's own theatre complex to critical acclaim.In partnership with Shirley Firth, Toerien owned The Intimate, a 235-seater theatre, as well as The Barnato and the Andre Huguenot theatres.In 1980 he saved an old theatre from demolition and opened The Alhambra in Braamfontein with Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus".