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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.
This June, The Baxter will stage its largest and most illustrious undertaking in the decade.
Adapted from Life and Times of Michael K, the production will combines puppetry, performance, film and evocative music.
The production is adapted by Lara Foot in collaboration with the Handspring Puppet Company.
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.
Sandra Prinsloo and Lara Foot collab in gut-wrenching theatre drama âKamphoerâ
By Kedibone Modise
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Lara Footâs latest hard-hitting drama, âKamphoer - die verhaal van Susan Nellâ, is a hit with theatre lovers in and around Joburg.
Currently on at The Market Theatre, âKamphoer - die verhaal van Susan Nellâ is an intense and gripping production, which explores the injustices suffered by women from sexual assault to a violation of their human rights.
The award-winning production stars South African theatre legend Sandra Prinsloo, who brings to life the incredible story of Susan Nell.
Prinsloo puts the spotlight on an unspeakable ordeal Susan endured during the Anglo-Boer War in the Winburg concentration camp.