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THE SIN DRINKERS Comes to The Baxter's Masambe Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 03, 2024
Louis Viljoen's new play THE SIN DRINKERS premiered at the Baxter Theatre's Masambe on 23 April 2024, and has kept audiences on the edge of their seats as they meet two characters in search of redemption....
Review: ROUND OF APPLAUSE – SOUTH AFRICA STILL STANDING at the Baxter Theatre Centre Should Be Required Viewing for All South Africans
by Jaime Uranovsky - April 25, 2024
Just because you saw ROUND OF APPLAUSE in 2023 does not mean that you’re exempted from seeing Round 2.0. On the contrary, the follow-up to Marianne Thamm’s performative journalism is an absolute must – especially for those who attended last year’s show. It’s one of those rare occasions when the sequ...
Review: OTHELLO at the Baxter Theatre Centre Is a Relevant Retelling of the Classic Tragedy
by Jaime Uranovsky - April 13, 2024
Shakespeare’s OTHELLO, written in the early 1600s, predates traditional notions of decoloniality and, arguably, colonialism itself. Nonetheless, it is a text that, some contend, contains a built-in decolonial perspective or, at the very least, lends itself to be staged through this lens....
THE SIN DRINKERS to Open at Baxter's Masambe Theatre in April
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 21, 2024
THE SIN DRINKERS, a new play by award-winning playwright Louis Viljoen, will open at Baxter's Masambe Theatre in April. ...
Review: KING GEORGE at the Baxter Theatre Centre Is a Tense Game of Strategy and Power
by Jaime Uranovsky - November 27, 2023
KING GEORGE, a new play set in the heart of Cape Town, is a battle for domination between development mogul Shane Wyntock (played by Clyde Berning) and long-time, local strip club owner, George Megalos, ‘the Godfather of Lower Woodstock’ (played by Brent Palmer)....
Review: BUCKET BOY at Baxter Theatre Centre Is a Thrilling Exploration of the Banalities and Absurdities of Ordinary Existence
by Jaime Uranovsky - November 02, 2023
Is there anything more epitomic of the 1990s and early 2000s than the video store? In slightly more recent history, is there anything more epitomic of decay, decline, and dead dreams than the last of the DVD stores of the late 2010s? – dying prolonged, understated deaths: not with a bang but a whimp...
Review: OF LOSS: HANDLE WITH CARE at Baxter Theatre Centre Is Experimental, Jarring, and Powerful
by Jaime Uranovsky - October 21, 2023
OF LOSS: HANDLE WITH CARE interrogates the ramifications of the continued exhibition of stolen African artefacts in museums around the globe. What consequences does this have on the collective and individual psyches of African people and communities? What would restitution look like? Is it even poss...
Review: ORPHANS at Baxter Theatre Centre Is Powerful, Hilarious, and Heartbreaking
by Jaime Uranovsky - October 21, 2023
ORPHANS, while originally set in North Philadelphia, is seamlessly transplanted to Woodstock in Cape Town. This production tells the tale of brothers Treat and Phillip, two adult orphans who have lived alone in their house on Gympie Street, since their mother died in their early childhood....
Review: ROUND OF APPLAUSE: SOUTH AFRICA STILL STANDING WITH MARIANNE THAMM at the Baxter Theatre Centre Traces Current Affairs with Wit, Intelligence, and Optimism
by Jaime Uranovsky - August 21, 2023
There are few who can claim to know South African goings-on like veteran investigative journalist, columnist, author, satirist, stand-up comedian, and Associate Editor of the Daily Maverick, Marianne Thamm does. There are even fewer who can remain optimistic while knowing what they know....
Interview: Charmaine Weir-Smith of THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE at Baxter Theatre Centre Talks Storytelling and Process.
by Jaime Uranovsky - July 05, 2023
THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, written by acclaimed Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, and presented by How Now Brown Cow, will have its Cape Town premiere at the Baxter Theatre in August. The production stars Jennifer Steyn, Julie-Anne McDowell, Bryan Hiles, and Sven Ruygrok, and is directed by multi-...
Past Shows
ATKV -TIENERTONEEL
8/22 - 8/26/2022
Four Fathers: Bananas for the Baboons
8/3 - 8/20/2022
A brand new South African play, Four Fathers: Bananas for the Baboons, which explores black fatherhood and absent fathers in the country, premieres at the ...
Four Fathers: Bananas for the Baboons
8/3 - 8/20/2022
A brand new South African play, Four Fathers: Bananas for the Baboons, which explores black fatherhood and absent fathers in the country, premieres at the ...
Shakespeare Schools Festival South Africa Baxter Theatre
8/10 - 8/20/2022
Kiss of the Spider Woman
6/5 - 6/19/2021
"Originally written in Spanish in 1972, Manuel Puig’s Kiss of the Spider Woman has captured the attention of audiences for its romantic drama, political outcry, ...
Life and Times of Michael K
6/7 - 6/19/2021
The Baxter Theatre Centre is proud to announce its most ambitious and exciting production in recent years - a Dsseldorfer Schauspielhaus (Germany) and Baxter Theatre ...
AUNTY MERLE - THE MUSICAL
11/29 - 1/13/2018
Cape Town's beloved comedian Marc Lottering's darling character Aunty Merle goes mainstream in the world premiere of Marc Lottering's musical-comedy AUNTY MERLE - THE MUSICAL. ...
CAPE JAZZ IS LEKKE!
12/11 - 1/13/2018
In CAPE JAZZ IS LEKKE!, Jonathan Rubain pays homage to the city's rich jazz history in what is undoubtedly Rubain's biggest production yet, perfect for ...
FROM KOE'SIESTES TO KNEIDLACH
12/19 - 1/13/2018
FROM KOE'SIESTES TO KNEIDLACH is a sort-of boy-meets-girl love story with a twist, a heart-warming and funny tale that reveals first-hand what it is like ...
THE BAXTER DANCE FESTIVAL
10/5 - 10/14/2017
The annual Baxter Dance Festival is back for the thirteenth time, ready to wow audiences with over 64 new pieces by 73 choreographers over a ...
THE FALL
9/12 - 9/21/2017
THE FALL is a vital and frank collaborative piece of workshop theatre devised by the original cast. When the statue of Cecil John Rhodes was ...
THREE MONKS
5/26 - 5/27/2017
Adapted from the ancient Chinese legend, THREE MONKS tells an interesting story that "one boy is a boy; two boys half boy; three boys no ...
WHISTLE STOP
12/20 - 1/7/2017
WHISTLE STOP is the exploration of a single meeting between a man and a woman on a park bench. The idea of love features in this ...
Il Viaggio a Reims
8/26 - 8/30/2014
The UCT Opera School and Cape Town Opera are proud to bring this critically-acclaimed zany comic opera, which played to full houses at the Baxter ...
Camerata Vocal Group
6/14
Eduard Miasnikov Agency presents Camerata Vocal Group. Camerata is regarded as one of the world’s best a cappella groups. They represent the best of the ...
Crown Of The Russian Ballet
5/14 - 5/18/2014
Crown of the Russian Ballet was founded in 1997 as the choreography of the day demanded a new repertoire. The Company is headed by Chief ...
Joe Barber VI – Life
4/2 - 5/10/2014
Cape Town comedy legends David Isaacs and Oscar Petersen take us on yet another crazy journey into the heart of their community in Joe Barber ...
A programme presented by Violina Anguelov and Mandisinde Mbuyazwe, two of Cape Town Opera’s most celebrated artists. The warmth of the mezzo-soprano and baritone voices ...
Cape Town flautist Liesl Stoltz presents a classical concert of trio music together with the well-known pianist Albie van Schalkwyk and cellist Peter Martens. They ...
LOYISO GOLA LIVE
11/19 - 11/23/2013
South Africa's number one stand-up comedian Loyiso Gola is back doing a live stand-up comedy show. The award-winning comedy act will be dishing out his ...
Crossings
11/17
A showing of works in progress created during the third edition of the Crossings International Artistic Workshop. Crossings #3 is hosted by the University of ...
TREVOR NOAH – IT'S MY CULTURE
10/22 - 11/2/2013
From London to Letterman, Trevor Noah has been through 6 countries since his last wildly successful tour (That's Racist) of his homeland. With all new ...
A WOMAN IN WAITING
9/25 - 10/12/2013
A Woman in Waiting is a powerful biographical journey into the dark heart of what life was like for women in apartheid South Africa which ...
SUPERSTARS
9/10 - 9/14/2013
Introdans, the modern repertoire company, presents Superstars, comprising works by such world-famous choreographers as Nacho Duato, Hans van Manen, Jirí Kylián, Ohad Naharin and Mats ...
DON GIOVANNI
8/21 - 8/24/2013
Don Giovanni has inspired obsessive admiration ever since it was created – Flaubert believed that, along with Hamlet and the sea, it was one of ...
SOLOMON AND MARION
7/10 - 7/13/2013
The production brings together two very dynamic theatre luminaries when author and director Foot tackles her own two-hander with Suzman in the role of Marion. ...
MIES JULIE
6/19 - 7/6/2013
Fresh from its triumphant tours to New York and London, the Baxter Theatre Centre’s runaway hit play MIES JULIE returns to South African soil when ...
Little Shop of Horrors
5/2 - 5/4/2013
The lives of residents on Skid Row are dramatically affected by the discovery of a “strange and interesting plant”. The insecure and unassuming hero, Seymour, ...
BARRY HILTON B.E.E. – BEST OF EVERYTHING EVER
4/26 - 4/28/2013
Unintentionally and effortlessly, Barry Hilton – International Man of Mirth – has crafted his own classic blend of observational satire, circular storytelling and animated expressions. ...
Bullets Over Bishop Lane
4/23 - 3/12/2012
Bishop Lavis. Cape Flats, notoriously known for its drugs, crime and bloodthirsty gangsters. Jerome and Ronnie are blood brothers, but one night a shooting changed ...
Did We Dance
2/23 - 3/10/2012
Did We Dance, written by Lara Foot and narrated through African elements, sounds and movements, tells the epic story of men trapped on the Mendi ...
The World Doctors Orchestra (WDO) combines the pleasure of fine music with charity. Two to three times a year, some hundred physicians from over thirty ...
MONEY'S TOO TIGHT TO MENTION
1/18 - 2/4/2012
The award-winning duo of comedian Stuart Taylor and director Heinrich Reisenhofer have teamed up to create yet another sure-fire comedy that features witty stories, astute ...
PUPPET ASYLUM
1/10 - 1/28/2012
South Africa’s top ventriloquist, Conrad Koch, teams up with award-winning director Heinrich Reisenhofer to create his debut one-man comedy show, using funky post-modern puppets and ...
BEETHOVEN: IMMORTAL AND BELOVED
1/23 - 1/27/2012
The image of Beethoven as a colossus, astride the Classical and Romantic movements, underscores the magnificence of his musical oeuvre. This course will focus on ...
STAND AND DELIVER
12/6 - 1/7/2012
Nik Rabinowitz’s stage career started in Sub A, when he played Moshe the Mosquito. “There were eight of us, but Mrs Losinksy said I really ...
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