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and corporate events. This means we can generate additional income for the theatre, especially after its seven-month closure during lockdown. A little-known fact is that the Baxter isn’t funded by the Department of Sport, Arts & Culture, so it’s vital that we find innovative ways to generate additional income by attracting new audiences and the public to our spaces and venues. “The Rolex Arts Weekend was the culmination of a year’s planning which saw more than 200 renowned artists and arts leaders from SA and around the world gathering at the Baxter. The weekend involved a ser ies of ta l k s, read ings, exhibitions and performances and featured the work of the 2018/19 protégés of the Rolex Mentor & Protégé Arts Initiative, along with their mentors. Highlights included dance, architecture, literature, music, arts symposia and cinema. Well attended “Distinguished guests included celebrated artists such as Wole Soyinka [playwright,
(Left): The revamped Baxter Theatre gardens showing the terraces, stairs and retaining wall which were dressed with various cast-stone precast concrete products manufactured by Revelstone. (Photographer: David Beer) Garden furniture blends in perfectly with the newly-created terrace garden in preparation for the Rolex Arts Weekend. (Photographer: Marc Wessels)
poet, writer and Nobel Prize laureate for literature], American cellist Yo-Yo Ma, South African artist William Kentridge, Sir David Adjaye [Ghanaian-born British architect], Colm Tóibín [renowned Irish novelist, short story writer and playwright],
film-maker Mira Nai and Zakir Hussain [Indian musician and composer[, among many others. Tennis star Roger Federer also made an appearance,” says Stellenboom. Well over 500 000 patrons attend over 2 700 performances at the Baxter annually, making it one of the busiest theatres in southern Africa. Founded in 1978, it has stayed true to its promise of always being open to all and to stage work of the highest artistic quality. It aims to reflect the cultures of all South Africans on its stages and in its foyers and spaces, thereby promoting an interactive and meaningful relationship with its audiences and patrons, while generating a spirit of goodwill and nurturing creativity.
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