Opera and fun don’t always get invited to the same party. People imagine serious faces, gold curtains, and arias that last longer than a Cape Town cold front. But Opera UCT’s Die Fledermaus is the opposite: it’s fizzy, flirty and gloriously extra – the kind of night out where you dress up, laugh out loud, and nudge the person…
Opera UCT’s Die Fledermaus production at the Baxter this October is set to celebrate the composer’s 200th birthday in fashionable style Opera is about to trade its powdered wigs for streetwear edge as Opera UCT brings Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus into the now, styled by award-winning fashion designer, Gavin Rajah. Running from 23–26 October 2025 at the Baxter Theatre, this mischievous…