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Baxter Theatre suspends all festive season performances as WC sees spike in Covid-19 cases

8 Dec 2020

The Baxter Theatre in Cape Town has decided to suspend all of its upcoming performances from 19 December to 31 January 2021 in light of the recent spike in Covid-19 cases in the Western Cape. This is part of The Baxter's commitment, as a responsible theatre, to help fight the spread of the disease.

Productions that are impacted and which would have made up the summer programme are Living Coloured, Lottering in Lockdown and From Koe’siestes to Kneidlach - With Kids!

Marc Lottering - 'Lottering in Lockdown' © Lindsey-Appolis

Yusuf Daniels’s Living Coloured, adapted by Daniel Mphilo Richards and directed by Loukmaan Adams, as well as Marc Lottering’s Lottering in Lockdown will close on Saturday 19 December 2020. Chantal Stanfield’s From Koe’siestes to Kneidlach - With Kids!, which was due to start on 22 December, has been cancelled and is planned to return sometime in 2021.

“I would like nothing more than to stand on The Baxter stage and entertain my fans,” says Lottering. “But right now, it’s more important to all of us to do the right thing and keep each other alive.”

This was not an easy decision for us to make,” says Baxter CEO and artistic director, Lara Foot. “As it is, we were closed for seven months of 2020, with a massive loss of income to the theatre and to artists. However, we must do what we can to help mitigate the risk of spreading the virus. When looking at the current pattern of increased infections in this established resurgence, we have no choice and keeping our spaces and public safety is imperative. We hope to welcome audiences back into our spaces where they will be able to enjoy these productions at a later stage and when it is safer to do so.

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Ruth Cooper 15 May 2020

Patrons who have booked for Living Coloured and Lottering on Lockdown beyond 19 December, are encouraged to change their tickets for an earlier performance before this date. This can be done through Webtickets by requesting a refund and rebooking for a different date. The process is easy to follow.

To get a refund, patrons should simply log in to their Webtickets profile, click on ‘My Tickets’, then select the option ‘Refund Tickets’ next to their ticket for the respective show booked. If payment was made via Pick n Pay or an electronic fund transfer (EFT), follow the prompts to enter banking details and receive a confirmation email.