Chuma Sopotela

ICA's 2024 Live Art Festival Ushers in Spring To Cape Town
by Stephi Wild - Jul 31, 2024

University of Cape Town's Institute for Creative Arts (ICA)'s prestigious Live Arts Festival (LAF) runs from 4 to 7 September 2024. The festival will be held at the centrally located UCT Hiddingh Campus in Gardens, Cape Town.

Review: THE PROMISE at The Homecoming Centre Will Satiate and Haunt Audiences
by Klara van Rooyen - Sep 29, 2023

Now and then, the stars align in theatre. The funding meets the vision, the performers meet the text, and the text resonates with its audience. THE PROMISE is an example of such a monumental moment in South African theatre.

World Premiere Of Damon Galgut's THE PROMISE Comes to the Stage
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2023

In what promises to be one of the most thrilling theatre highlights of the year, the stage production of Damon Galgut's Booker Prize-winning novel, THE PROMISE, will have its world premiere in Cape Town this September.

Jam-packed Eighth Annual Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festival Now On Stage
by David Fick - Mar 11, 2018

The eighth annual 2018 Zabalaza Theatre Festival to showcase some 40 productions by dynamic young theatre-makers from all over the Western Cape.

Mamela Nyamza Double Bill Comes to the Baxter Theatre This October
by David Fick - Oct 8, 2017

Choreographer, dance artist and activist, Mamela Nyamza, brings two of her acclaimed and confrontational works, ROCK TO THE CORE and DE-APART-HATE, to the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio for a short season this October.

Photo Coverage: The Baxter Theatre's KAROO MOOSE - NO FATHERS at the Edinburgh Assembly Fringe Festival
by David Fick - Aug 11, 2017

One of three plays by writer-director Lara Foot, KAROO MOOSE - NO FATHERS, forms part of the Baxter Theatre Centre's impressive showcase of six award-winning and cutting-edge productions at the 2017 Edinburgh Assembly Fringe Festival in Scotland this August.

BWW Special Feature: Top Ten Highlights from the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards
by David Fick - Mar 20, 2017

The Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards were presented at a ceremony themed 'Live with Flair' at the Artscape Theatre Center last night, with the undisputed highlight of the night being the disruption of the ceremony by Mamela Nyamza, Chuma Sopotela, Buhlebezwe Siwani, and Zikhona Jacobs.

ITYALA LA MAWELE to Return to Artscape Theatre This October
by BWW News Desk - Sep 30, 2016

Artscape is set to present the much-awaited return of ITYALA LA MAWELE at the Artscape Theatre this October. Having recently been presented at the National Arts Festival, the production was presented with a Silver Standard Bank Ovation Award and was one of the bestselling shows at the Festival.

KAROO MOOSE Set to Return to South African Stages at the National Arts Festival and the Baxter Theatre
by David Fick - Jun 19, 2016

Originally commissioned by ABSA Aardklop Festival and first performed at the ABSA Aardklop Festival in October 2007, KAROO MOOSE will return to South African stages as a part of the 2016 National Arts Festival's showcase of work by its 2016 Featured Artist, Lara Foot. A season at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town follows.

Unmute ArtsAbility Festival to Hit Cape Town Stages from 30 November
by David Fick - Nov 9, 2015

Unmute Dance Company in association with British Council Cape Town, Youngblood Arts and Culture Development and Artscape Theatre Centre presents the Unmute ArtsAbility Festival.

NDITHUNGILE SELANI Closes the 10th Spring Drama Season at Artscape
by David Fick - Nov 21, 2014

The second and final showcase that completes Artscape's Spring Drama Season is NDITHUNGILE SELANI written by DV Thom and adapted for the theatre by Thoko Ntshinga.

META Announces 2012-2013 Winners
by Christina Mancuso - Oct 23, 2013

The METAs are proud to announce the 2012-2013 Winners

ARTSCAPE Hosts Dramas and Operettas April 25-May 9
by BWW News Desk - Apr 25, 2012

The Artscape Theatre Centre celebrates local creativity with several home grown presentations in its upcoming line-up - three dramas and an operetta. The programme for the next two weeks also includes opera, belly dance and a fundraiser for Cape Town City Ballet.

LOVAFFAIR Opens 3/30 at The Baxter Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Apr 4, 2010

The Baxter Theatre Centre and Remix Dance Company, in association with Young Blood, presents LOVAFFAIR from 30 March-3 April (Flipside @ The Baxter Theatre).

LOVAFFAIR Opens 3/30 at The Baxter Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Mar 30, 2010

The Baxter Theatre Centre and Remix Dance Company, in association with Young Blood, presents LOVAFFAIR from 30 March-3 April (Flipside @ The Baxter Theatre).

LOVAFFAIR Opens 3/30 at The Baxter Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Mar 28, 2010

The Baxter Theatre Centre and Remix Dance Company, in association with Young Blood, presents LOVAFFAIR from 30 March-3 April (Flipside @ The Baxter Theatre).

Photo Flash: Tricycle Presents Their South African Season 6/16-8/1
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 13, 2009

Following its critically acclaimed Afghanistan Festival, the Tricycle Theatre will present their South African Season (16 June - 1 August 2009) with the British premieres of the Baxter Theatre's Karoo Moose and David Kramer's Koos Sas: Last Bushman of Montagu.