Complete Information About Life and Times of Michael K in South Africa at Baxter Concert Hall. The Baxter Theatre Centre is proud to announce its most ambitious and exciting production in recent years - a Dsseldorfer Schauspielhaus (Germany) and Baxter Theatre coproduction (world premiere) - o.
Adapted for stage by Lara Foot and in collaboration with Handspring Puppet Company, Nobel Prize-winning author JM Coetzee s LIFE AND TIMES OF MICHAEL K opens for a special preview season next month at Baxter Theatre Centre. Letting us in on their process of working with puppetry over the past four decades, Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler of Handspring chat with BroadwayWorld.
BWW: To begin with, how did you both get started in puppetry?
Basil: I was 9. I found a toy theatre printed in a magazine where you cut out the various pieces of the stage, stuck them onto cardboard, and made your own theatre; including cut-out characters. I found it fascinating and an ideal form of expression for a rather shy kid.
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The Baxter Theatre Centre is proud to announce its most ambitious and exciting production in recent years, the world premiere of Nobel Prize-winning author JM Coetzee’s Life and Times of Michael K, adapted for the stage by Lara Foot, in collaboration with the Handspring Puppet Company.
The highly anticipated co-production between The Baxter, Theater der Welt Düsseldorf 2020, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, debuts from 7 to 19 June 2021, and brings together some of South Africa’s most revered, multi-award-winning artists.
Written and directed by Foot, it is the largest and most illustrious undertaking by the theatre over the past decade and is the culmination of two years of planning. It marks the first time that Foot will be working with the Tony award-winning Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler from the hit production War Horse, along with a formidable cast and creative team.
Life and Times of Michael K: World premiere to kick off at the Baxter
If you’re a fan of JM Coetzee and Lara Foot, then you’re in for a theatrical treat! The Life and Times of Michael K is set to premiere at the Baxter and we have all the details.
Ladies and gents, the world premiere of Nobel Prize-winning author JM Coetzee’s
Life and Times of Michael K, will be gracing the Baxter’s stage early next month. Adapted for the stage by Lara Foot, in collaboration with the Handspring Puppet Company, you know you are in for a spectacular performance.