Upcoming Events

The Jive Cape Town Funny Festival

(Ends 29 June 2025)
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South Africa’s oldest and foremost comedy festival showcasing the best local stand-up comedians together with top international variety acts It’s Cape Town’s winter comedic talent and a great night out!

La Ronde

(Ends 12 July 2025)
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La Ronde is a provocative play written in 1897 by Austrian playwright Arthur Schnitzler. It explores themes of love, desire, and societal hypocrisy through a circular structure of interconnected encounters between characters...

Simphiwe Dana: 20 years of song

(Ends 28 June 2025)
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It’s been 20 years since Simphiwe Dana touched our souls with her debut album, Zandisile. If you find that hard to believe, so does the multi award-winning singer and songwriter...

Jack and the Beanstalk

(Ends 27 July 2025)
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Get Ready to be Panto’d! For the first time ever, KickstArt Theatre brings its beloved pantomime magic to the Mother City - in association with the Baxter Theatre.

Adaptation of Gogols Diary of a Madman

(Ends 19 July 2025)
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Set in modern Cape Town, this gripping, darkly comic play follows Thabo Kani’s delusional rise to power. Reality unravels, madness takes hold—don’t miss this bold, unforgettable twist on Gogol’s Diary of a Madman!

Unruly

(Ends 2 August 2025)
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Empatheatre, in collaboration with the Stockholm Resilience Centre, the Unruly Natures research project, and The Baxter proudly presents "UNRULY," a ground-breaking participative and public theatre experience.

Songs & Stories with Majozi

(Ends 2 August 2025)
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Songs & Stories with Majozi – Live at Baxter Theatre South African singer-songwriter Majozi brings his heartfelt melodies and captivating storytelling to the Concert Hall at Baxter Theatre on 2 August 2025...

Feedback

(Ends 30 August 2025)
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Feedback is an extraordinary murder mystery that, under the unique and unconventional vision of playwright and director Andrew Buckland, transforms into a humorous, poignant, lyrical, and eccentric work of Physical Theatre.

UCT Big Band in Concert

(Ends 12 August 2025)
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UCT Jazz presents the UCT Big Band in concert, featuring an exciting mix of music from South African jazz and Latin to contemporary jazz and swing. Directed by Justin Bellairs.

CTCS presents The Baxter Trio

(Ends 16 August 2025)
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The Cape Town Concert Series 2025 celebrates 70 years of music making with a special concert featuring the launch of the Baxter Trio featuring Francois du Toit on piano, violinist Farida Bacharova and Graham du Plessis on cello.

Resound Night

(Ends 23 August 2025)
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Resound Night is a creative experience aimed to impact the audience with faith, hope and love. Through music, poetry and spoken word the event will inspire a desire to pursue purpose and truth that brings eternal freedom.

UCTSO Symphony Concert

(Ends 2 September 2025)
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Under the baton of Brandon Phillips, the UCT Symphony Orchestra presents a dynamic and diverse programme to close their 2025 season.

MOFFIE

(Ends 27 September 2025)
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Fresh from it's critically acclaimed London premiere, Moffie arrives in Cape Town...

Morning Melodies - Operatunity

(Ends 17 September 2025)
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Morning Melodies is a programme that focuses on presenting professional and affordable morning concerts to the senior citizens of the Western Cape.

UCT Jazz Festival

(Ends 25 September 2025)
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The annual UCT Jazz Festival, arranged by South African College of Music Jazz staff, features performances by the UCT Big Band and guests, a jazz vocal showcase, a jazz composers' showcase and selected Jazz ensembles...

UCT Symphonic Wind Ensemble

(Ends 7 October 2025)
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The UCT Symphonic Wind Ensemble, comprising of about forty-five under- and post-graduate students perform their second concert of 2025, conducted by Brandon Phillips, Head of Woodwind and Ensembles at UCT...

UNDERMINED

(Ends 25 October 2025)
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UNDERMINED – The true story of Madlebe, an ordinary man with an extraordinary gift.

African Music

(Ends 17 October 2025)
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An exploration of contemporary African music with emphasis on neo-traditional and fusion styles of urban Africa – a new, original blend of Maskande, Marabente and African Jazz performed by members of the UCT Ibuyambo Orchestra.

Giselle - Cape Ballet Africa

(Ends 22 November 2025)
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Giselle is an innocent and beautiful peasant girl who loves to dance, and unsuspectingly falls in love with a philandering nobleman, Albrecht. When he deceives her, she is inconsolable and dies of a broken heart...