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...

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

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

The Quickening Theatre Company presents: the Tony award-winning A Doll’s House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath - a smart, funny, freshly contemporary response to Ibsen’s classic.

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)...

After earning critical acclaim in Joburg, Paul Slabolepszy’s Bitter Winter takes the stage once more...

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!

Word deel van Squish en Splat se avonture, in ’n wêreld waar verbeelding geen perke het nie en empatie die middelpunt is!

The Cape Town Concert Series 2025 celebrates 70 years of music making with an ‘extra’ concert in collaboration with the SA Collage of Music featuring the Charl du Plessis Trio and Maestro Richard Cock.

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...

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.

An adaptation by David Muller and Fred Abrahamse of Jan Glazewski's memoir...

Our play is an adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's Dairy of a Madman which Gogol wrote in 1836.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

UNDERMINED – The true story of Madlebe, an ordinary man with an extraordinary gift.