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The home of progressive South African theatre and performance since 1977, and the cultural gateway to
27/04/2025
Dangerous. “Multi-Award-Winning”
BOOK NOW FOR HEDDA GABLER: https://bxr.mobi/hedda
Afrikaans season: 01 - 10 May
English season: 12 - 24 May
Baxter Flipside
26/04/2025
SCENE IT: Sinister, sharply witty MRS. MITCHELL COMES TO TOWN, an engrossing masterpiece The dark content of the sharply witty MRS. MITCHELL COMES TO TOWN is arresting - a work of eloquence, black humour, and suspense.
26/04/2025
Sexy. “Theatre like you’ve never seen before”
BOOK NOW FOR HEDDA GABLER: https://bxr.mobi/hedda
Afrikaans season: 01 - 10 May
English season: 12 - 24 May
Baxter Flipside
Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees
25/04/2025
Provocative. “Not for the faint hearted”
BOOK NOW FOR HEDDA GABLER: https://bxr.mobi/hedda
Afrikaans season: 01 - 10 May
English season: 12 - 24 May
Baxter Flipside
Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees
DON'T MISS HEDDA GABLER OPENING AT THE BAXTER NEXT WEEK!
🎟️ BOOK NOW: https://bxr.mobi/hedda
Ashley De Lange plays Thea Elvsted A younger schoolmate of Hedda and a former acquaintance of George. Nervous and shy, Thea is in an unhappy marriage. She confides to Hedda the story of her love for...
🗓️ AFRIKAANS SEASON: 01 - 10 MAY
🗓️ ENGLISH SEASON: 12 - 24 MAY
📍 BAXTER FLIPSIDE
19/04/2025
Spectacular Hedda Gabler at the Baxter Theatre - https://www.newslink.co.za/spectacular-hedda-gabler-at-the-baxter/
The award-winning spectacular production, Hedda Gabler, comes to the Baxter Flipside in Afrikaans (1 to 10 May) and in English (12 to 24 May).
18/04/2025
🟠 A Doll’s House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath
🎟️ BOOK HERE: https://bxr.mobi/doll
Previews for A Doll's House, Part 2 are underway. This captivating dramedy explores marriage's complexities with humour and depth, standing alone from Ibsen's original. Bianca Amato returns as Nora, while Zane Meas plays Torvald. Directed by seasoned NY-based Barbara Rubin. Don’t miss it!
🗓️ 22 April - 10 May
📍Baxter Studio
18/04/2025
We're so pleased that the 2025 Elliot Norton Awards has named Life & Times of Michael K as "Outstanding Visiting Play"!
Congratulations to Baxter Theatre on this great honor!
Read more here: https://www.theatrely.com/post/42nd-annual-elliot-norton-award-nominations-announced
18/04/2025
🟠 Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater
By Neil Coppen & Mpume Mthombeni
🎟️ BOOK HERE: https://bxr.mobi/isidlamlilo
Only two performances left! (19 April) Do not miss out on this masterful, extraordinary piece of storytelling!
14/04/2025
🔥 Artist & Student Special Alert! 🔥
🎟️ Book Here: https://bxr.mobi/doll
Artists & Students, this one’s for you — catch A Doll’s House, Part 2 at The Baxter for just R65!
📅 16–23 April only
🎟 Use promo code Doll25 at checkout
13/04/2025
RAVE REVIEWS POURING IN: thank you Siobhan Cassidy and Beverley Brommert for these insightful reviews of Isidlamlilo/ The Fire Eater. The production runs at The Baxter for one more week until 19 April 2025, book at Webtickets online or at Pick n Pay stores .
By Beverley Brommert:
Durban-based theatre-maker Mpume Mthombeni ignites the Baxter's Flipside theatre with her fiery portrayal of Zenzile Maseko, a resilient sexagenarian who has survived decades of ongoing violence.
In Neil Coppen's unforgiving monologue lasting over an hour and a half, the performer takes the audience through a journey that entertains (the script is ripe with earthy humour) and appals as it progresses towards an unexpectedly gentle dénouement.
Never once does her impersonation of this remarkable character falter, even when other personae are introduced to enliven the action, some recognisable types, others vividly individualistic. All are single-handedly conveyed with aplomb.
Apart from her highly accomplished performance, credit must also be given to the designers of set and lighting, Greg King and Tina le Roux respectively.
Both play a significant part in capturing the ambience of a harsh period in this country's history, as in the painful transition from apartheid to a new order some 30 years ago, many lives were wrecked or terminated in the turbulence of KwaZulu-Natal.
At once universal and uniquely South African, this woman's experience engrosses spectators in a production that represents a high point in this country's theatrical achievement.
Yet another in the growing list of memorable offerings from the Baxter's various venues.
By Call off the Search:
Isidlamlilo, seared into memory If you see one thing this year ... The Fire Eater at the Baxter
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#JustMen
THE NEXT CONVERSATION TAKES CENTRE STAGE AS #JUSTMEN RETURNS TO THE BAXTER TO ADDRESS TOXIC MASCULINITY, FROM 17 JULY TO 3 AUGUST
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With the spread of the #MeToo disclosures last year, #JustMen challenged men to take collective ownership in fighting the curse of violence against women - which, at its core, is a man's issue. In South Africa in particular, the frequent cases of abuse, r**e and murder perpetrated against children and women continue to soar, reaching explosive and unacceptable proportions. Now, a year later the media frenzy around gender-based violence has mostly cooled, yet this is not any less relevant. This follow-up season of #JustMen aims to start the next conversation about the role of toxic masculinity, and turning the tide on this scourge of violence. Recognising that this important conversation needs to continue, the production asks the question: “What needs to happen for men to truly heal and change?”
#JustMen is an honest and empowering multi-lingual, docudrama about men, performed by South African men who tell their own stories and confront their own toxic masculinity as a contributing factor in the violence perpetuated against women and children.
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