
Comedy Review: John Vlismas – Brain Dump: Feel The Lobe, Or Stuck In The Medulla With You

Comedy Review: Stark Raving Mark! – Horizontal Ha Ha, Or Reigning In The Ridiculous

Interview: Keith Hutchinson – Restless Resourcefulness, Or Six Degrees Of Syncopation

Theatre Review: A Christmas Carol – Making It Look Ebeneasy, Or The Gift Of Creativity

Comedy Review: John Vlismas – The Good Racist: New Reckoning Via Reading, Or Beyond The Knowledge Black-Out

Theatre Review: My Name Is Asher Lev – Drawing On Experience, Or Brushing Up On Culture
By BRUCE DENNILL My Name Is Asher Lev / Directed by Moira Blumenthal / Studio, Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Examining the importance of art in the context of a play, in a theatre (as opposed to…

Comedy Review: Mark Banks – Take It To The Banks, Or Observational Excellence
By BRUCE DENNILL More Banksrupt / Starring Mark Banks / Studio, Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg The “More” in the title here speaks to Mark Banks’ one-man show being a continuation of some of the same themes…

Theatre Review: Constellations – The Fault In Their Stars, Or Reality Relived
By BRUCE DENNILL Constellations / Directed by Alan Swerdlow / The Studio, Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre It takes two to tango. In any relationship, there are a string of decisions made by each partner which influence the decisions…

Exit Strategy: Tracking Session One
By BRUCE DENNILL Arriving at a studio to record your own original music is mostly incredibly exciting, but also a little nerve-wracking. Are you properly rehearsed? Will your voice last? Will the sound of a nearby electric gate…