The Baxter Theatre Centre’s festive season programme is jam-packed with comedy, nostalgia and music, a brand-new children’s show as well as the popular New Year’s Eve party to welcome in 2016.
This summer, there are four shows to choose from – there’s Alistair Izobell’s
Remembering The Lux,
Stuart Taylor’s 2015 in Revue, and
Platform 9 - 2 Park Station. For the little ones, there is
Janice Honeyman’s Bangalory’s Back, ideally suited for children aged five to 10-years-old, and runs from Wednesdays to Saturdays at 10:00 and 12:00.
The festive fun culminates with the New Year’s Eve party which takes place after Thursday, 31 December’s performances, when audiences will converge on the Baxter’s foyers to sing, dance and party into the new year with some of the their favourite stars.
All the shows will start later on the night and ticket prices will be varied to include the show, a complimentary glass of bubbly or orange juice and a traditional balloon drop, with a live band led by the Nur Abrahams who will sing perennial favourites.
In Remembering The Lux, the iconic Luxurama Theatre and the artists who performed there are celebrated in this brand new and first-ever tribute, written and directed by Alistair Izobell and Lara Foot and featuring a stellar cast and band.
The cast brings to life its history and revives the heyday of this grand old dame of entertainment and cinema, through stories, memories, anecdotes and classic hit songs, which have been getting audiences on their feet with standing ovations at every performance.
The ensemble comprises Izobell, Terry Fortune, Terry Hector, Loukmaan Adams, Niesha Abrahams, Leslie Kleinsmith, Giempie Vardien, Nur Abrahams and Kashiefa Blaauw, accompanied by a six-piece live band, led by Donveno Prins.
In Stuart Taylor’s 2015 in Revue, Oscar Petersen, Mel Jones and Taylor take a comedic look at 2015 - the highlights, the lowlights and the lack of lights in the brand new comedy, which scooped the Standard Bank Ovation Award for comedy at this year’s National Arts Festival.
The show is at 20:15, Mondays to Saturdays and runs until Saturday, 9 January.
Following the success of their 2013 hit production Platform 9, Isidingo’s Maurice Paige and 7de Laan’s Theodore Jantjies once again team up with director Christo Davids to present this sequel Platform 9 - 2 Park Station. Two friends travel from Cape Town to Johannesburg by train and along the way they encounter some really interesting and funny characters. It is a heartwarming and side-splitting story about friendship, trust and human relationships. The show runs until Saturday, 16 January.
Tickets for the different shows are available at
Computicket.