The Baxter June calendar – and things are hotting up with a programme to suite all tastes and keep you excited to brave the cold and come to the theatre.
Baxter are thrilled about the world premiere of a brand new South African play, Imbilini..my friend! which makes its debut this June. The award-winning Mdu Kweyama (Shadow Boxing, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?) directs two exceptional emerging talents, Bulelani Mabutyana and Siphenathi Mayekiso. Written and performed by Mabutyana, along with Siphenathi Mayekiso, the physical theatre two-hander is an ode to their friendship – powerful, potent and funny, it explores themes of trust, empathy and being the other. A deep and profound friendship is put to the test between two young men who must grapple with everyday issues of urban life, prejudice and society’s warped beliefs of albinism, beautifully told and portrayed. Book here.
In keeping with The Baxter’s vision and mission of nurturing and developing local theatre-makers, writers and stories, this hugely engaging and compelling work was selected from a cohort of 10 creatives who attended The Baxter Masambe Playlab, a four-month long, writing residency which was held at the Baxter last year, and which offered writers time, space, peer-to-peer mentoring and financial resources to create new work, as part of the Baxter’s Platform for Special Talent programme. The play is developed and mentored under the guidance of Baxter CEO and artistic director, Lara Foot.
A quarter of a century of belly-ache laughter from top comedic local and international acts will be celebrated at the 25th anniversary of the Jive Cape Town Funny Festival with a cracker line-up this year, led by MC Alan Committie. Book here.
There’s SA’s very own Mzanzi Tenors, a Cape Flats musical with old school music and lots more to choose from. ls.
Baxter June Calendar – visit HERE for the June Newsletter
6 June – 3 July: Jive Cape Town Funny Festival
7 June: Va Pensiero!
8 – 25 June: Imbilini… my friend!
11 June: CTCC presents Bryan Wallick
23 & 24 June: Ingcindi Yedlaka
30 June: U3A
WHERE: Baxter Theatre Centre, Main Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7600
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