autoplay is a surreal encounter between human and machine. In this immersive AI Opera, choreographer director Louise Coetzer confronts traditional notions of identity and autonomy, in an era where our lives have become intricately...

Kafka’s Ape is a globally acclaimed and multi-award-winning adaptation of Franz Kafka’s, A Report to an Academy. This one-hander, by Noma Yini storyers, explores a primate’s struggle to overcome the confines of captivity.

COUNT TO FIVE is an EdFringe24 Popcorn-Award nominated comedy-drama.

Morning Melodies is a programme that focuses on presenting professional and affordable morning concerts to the senior citizens of the Western Cape.

The Rainbow Exchange NPC, in collaboration with the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town, proudly presents the 1st Cape Town Woodwind Festival, taking place from 8–11 April 2025.

Isidlamlilo/The Fire Eater, the electrifying one-woman show created by award-winning theatre-maker Neil Coppen and actor Mpume Mthombeni, comes to The Baxter Theatre in 2025. Brought to life by Empatheatre...

The UCT Woodwind Quintet comprising of Liesl Stoltz (flute), Brandon Phillips (bassoon), John Rojas (oboe), Annelize de Villiers (clarinet) and Eugene Kierman (French horn), will be joined by Paul Richard (saxophone) and Lynelle Kenned...

The Rainbow Exchange NPC, in partnership with the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town, proudly presents the inaugural Cape Town Woodwind Competition for flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, soprano, alto and...

The Cape Town Concert Series 2025 celebrates 70 years of music making with a chamber concert bringing the percussion instruments to front and centre stage.

Led by rising vocal artist Esha Parbhoo, Ragas Beyond Borders aims to celebrate cultural diversity by blending Indian and Western musical traditions...

The David Aldred Memorial Prize for Sopranos competition was established in 2021. David Aldred was particularly interested in the soprano voice, and Strauss’s Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) was one of his favourite works...

A killer is on the loose. The city is a powder keg. A rising-star politician is weighing the cost of betrayal.

Morning Melodies is a programme that focuses on presenting professional and affordable morning concerts to the senior citizens of the Western Cape.

UCT Big Band joins the global jazz community in commemorating International Jazz Day which falls on 30 April, as declared by UNESCO...

Hedda and her successful yet uncomplicated husband, Jurg, have just returned from their honeymoon.

The UCT Percussion Ensemble “Ergonomix” comprised of students, staff and alumni of the South African College of Music (SACM) perform a varied programme of exciting contemporary percussion music ranging from...

The Cape Town Concert Series 2025 celebrates 70 years of music making with concert of African Pianism featuring Rebeca Omordia who has spent the last decade bringing the rich and often underappreciated classical music from Africa to light.

Experience an electrifying concert of world-class jazz as Kesivan Naidoo brings his international version of Kesivan and the Lights for one-night-only home to the Baxter Theater Cape Town! Led by the award-winning drummer...

Funny Side Up! Get ready for a hearty serving of laughs as Kurt Schoonraad dishes out his unique take on the ever-changing world around us! In his latest one-man show

The 2025 South African College of Music UCT Symphony Orchestra Showcase, conceptualised and conducted by Brandon Phillips with performances by students in Opera, Classical, Jazz and African / Pan African music sections.

The Cape Town Marimba Festival is a joint venture between the Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival and Woodworx Marimbas. The Marimba Festival is an annual event and has been showcasing marimbas at the Baxter Concert Hall since 2009.

The Steelband Project (Western Cape) was set up in 1997 by Liz Brouckaert and David Wickham. The core focus of the project is to provide quality music education to young people, with a particular focus on youth in under-resourced...

The UCT Symphonic Wind Ensemble, comprising about forty-five under- and post-graduate students, perform their first concert of 2025. The Ensemble is conducted by Brandon Phillips, Head of Woodwind and Ensembles at UCT...

Winner of a Standard Bank Silver Ovation Award at the 50th anniversary of the National Arts Festival, in Makhanda (2024), and The Special Jury Award at the Bitesize Theatre Festival in London (2024)...

Morning Melodies is a programme that focuses on presenting professional and affordable morning concerts to the senior citizens of the Western Cape.

Stand-up comedian Nik Rabinowitz returns to the Baxter this autumn for the FINAL-ever run of his smash-hit show ‘Pension Killer’!

The Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival is renowned as one of South Africa's premier showcases of musical youthful talent. If you are a jazz lover, then the Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival is sure to set your feet tapping...

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!

The Cape Town Concert Series 2025 celebrates 70 years of music making with the return of violinist Andrey Baranov...

Morning Melodies is a programme that focuses on presenting professional and affordable morning concerts to the senior citizens of the Western Cape.

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...

This July holiday, join Jack and his hilarious companions on a magical romp up the famous fairy tale beanstalk and beyond, on an adventure that includes toe-tapping songs, jokes, slapstick, romance, fantastic sets and fantasy costumes!

Adapted from Jan Glazewski's biography by David Muller and Fred Abrahamse In the chaos of Warsaw’s bombing in 1948, Jan’s father buried their family’s silver deep in a forest before fleeing the ravaged city.

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.

A new translation and adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece.

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.

’n Nuwe vertaling en verwerking van Tennessee Williams se tydlose meesterstuk The Glass Menagerie.

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.

In I Joked my way OUT - Keenan dives deep into his personal anecdotes, delivering them with his signature quirky style.