| What: Nik Rabinowitz – Geriatric Millennial When: December 2-20, 2025 at 7pm with a 4pm and 7pm show on December 20 Where: Baxter Concert Hall, Cape Town Bookings: Webtickets |
You must see Nik Rabinowitz’s latest show, Geriatric Millennial, which is on at the Baxter until December 20. He has a wonderful warm kind way of poking fun at himself and all of us – how we take ourselves (and maybe the circumstances of our world) far too seriously- affected as we are by our insecurities, anxieties and social media; about growing up, growing old, missing opportunities and taking time to live for the moment. He is brave, self-deprecating and brutally honest in the way that only Nik Rabinowitz can – to make you sit there and wonder why you thought of the world in that way.
It is surely extremely difficult to try and tip toe around current events in a funny way but somehow he manages to do just that. He interacts fantastically with the audience. Alert: Read your WhatsApps at your peril or face a gentle rebuke.
The call out is for us to all be kind to each other and enjoy an evening of laughter as we navigate our way to what Woolworths now calls Friendsmas. Friendsmas? Really? Has Xmas been cancelled? Note – Rabinowitz did not cite Friendsmas in his show – but it pings in relation to what he shares about being muted and cancelled.
It is a sad mad world, heartbreaking to navigate. Laughter helps. Geriatric Millennial is guide for the perplexed; an antidote to bitterness, a balm to heap blessings on each other, not slurs. The writing of Rabinowitz is as always finely tuned and acutely observed, and delivered with his fantastic accents and impressions.
I do need some time to process the stage design which looks like extruded plumbing, a tree-ish contraption, perhaps paying homage to the organ (as in musical instrument) in the Baxter Concert Hall. The assemblage is decorated with faux flowers which are definitely not available at Woollies. It is a lot of fun. Listen to the song played at the end of the show as you exit; may it be a good message for the year ahead: Let the Sunshine in – from Hair, the musical.
