Zoleka Helesi News

The 13th annual Zabalaza Theatre Festival took place from 24 March until 31 March 2023. This year, the Festival boasted a whopping 37 productions and 189 participants. The very next day after the festival ended, the ZABALAZA AWARDS were held in the Golden Arrow Theatre at the Baxter Theatre Centre.

Winners of the 54th annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards were announced on Sunday 10 March 2019 at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town.

The eighth annual 2018 Zabalaza Theatre Festival to showcase some 40 productions by dynamic young theatre-makers from all over the Western Cape.

The call for applications for the Baxter's Zabalaza Theatre Festival has been extended to 29 September at 17:00. Theatre-makers, directors, scriptwriters, community groups and theatre companies are encouraged to apply to participate festival before the new deadline.

The Baxter Theatre Centre's smash hit production of MIES JULIE, which took Edinburgh by storm in 2012, returns to the Edinburgh Assembly Fringe Festival this month following its unprecedented international success. Written and directed by Yael Farber, the production joins an impressive line-up of six award-winning and cutting-edge productions from the  Baxter.

One of three plays by writer-director Lara Foot, KAROO MOOSE - NO FATHERS, forms part of the Baxter Theatre Centre's impressive showcase of six award-winning and cutting-edge productions at the 2017 Edinburgh Assembly Fringe Festival in Scotland this August.

The 2017 Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festival, which takes place from 18 to 25 March, will once again showcase an exciting and diverse programme of 56 different productions, performed by nearly 300 artists, from all over the Western Cape and other regions, covering various genres, theatrical styles and languages.

Jaco Bouwer, the acclaimed and multiple award-winning designer and director, tackles one of the Baxter Theatre Centre's flagship productions for 2017, Peter Weiss's contemporary classic MARAT/SADE. The production will play the Baxter Flipside from 23 February - 25 March at 19:30 nightly.

The Baxter's Zabalaza Theatre Festival is calling for applications from theatre-makers, directors, script writers, community groups and theatre companies to participate in the 2017 Zabalaza Theatre Festival and the deadline for applications is by 26 September 2016.

Originally commissioned by ABSA Aardklop Festival and first performed at the ABSA Aardklop Festival in October 2007, KAROO MOOSE will return to South African stages as a part of the 2016 National Arts Festival's showcase of work by its 2016 Featured Artist, Lara Foot. A season at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town follows.

AMATHAF'ENTANDABUZO, an intriguing and passionate isiXhosa drama, will be performed at the Baxter for a short season this May.

A revival of the iconic South African children's television show, BANGALORY TIME, adults are able to bring their children and grandchildren to enjoy fondly BANGALORY'S BACK and create some new fans at the same time.

The festive season is in full swing at the Baxter Theatre, with fun for the whole family, great shows to choose from, and a knock-out New Year's Eve party to herald in 2016!

After decades of directing award-winning productions, the much-loved and respected Janice Honeyman returns to the stage to recreate the magic of storytelling in her production of BANGALORY'S BACK at the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio.

After decades of directing award-winning productions, the much-loved and respected Janice Honeyman returns to the stage to recreate the magic of storytelling in her production of BANGALORY'S BACK at the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio.

The Baxter's Zabalaza Theatre Festival is calling for applications from theatre-makers, directors, script writers, community groups and theatre companies to participate in the 2016 Zabalaza Theatre Festival. The deadline for applications is by 6 November 2015.

The Baxter's Zabalaza Theatre Festival is calling for applications from theatre-makers, directors, script writers, community groups and theatre companies to participate in the 2015 Zabalaza Theatre Festival. The highly popular development festival will take place at the Baxter Theatre Centre from 20-28 March 2015 and the deadline for applications is 3 October 2014.

Following its critically acclaimed Afghanistan Festival, the Tricycle Theatre will present their South African Season (16 June - 1 August 2009) with the British premieres of the Baxter Theatre's Karoo Moose and David Kramer's Koos Sas: Last Bushman of Montagu.