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Music Review: Tree63 – New Growth, Or King-Sized Comeback

Music Review: Tree63 – New Growth, Or King-Sized Comeback

April 12, 2025 |

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Tree63 / Barnyard Theatre Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, Johannesburg   A reliable large audience draw and radio staple during the late Nineties and early 2000s, Tree63 also enjoyed considerable success in the US before splitting in...

TV Interview: Mike White – The White Lotus, Or Thais That Bind

TV Interview: Mike White – The White Lotus, Or Thais That Bind

April 2, 2025 |

With The White Lotus streaming on Showmax, Jim Halterman caught up with creator Mike White to find out more about writing, directing and executive producing the hit HBO show, which has won 15 Emmys so far and has already been renewed for a fourth season. Why Thailand...

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TV Interview: Mike White – The White Lotus, Or Thais That Bind

TV Interview: Mike White – The White Lotus, Or Thais That Bind

April 2, 2025 |

With The White Lotus streaming on Showmax, Jim Halterman caught up with creator Mike White to find out more about writing, directing and executive producing the hit HBO show, which has won 15 Emmys so far and has already been renewed for a fourth season. Why Thailand...

Has 2024 Been The Best Year For Video Game Adaptations?

Has 2024 Been The Best Year For Video Game Adaptations?

October 23, 2024 |

  The gaming industry is one that is always seeing change each and every year. Trends will come and go, and franchises will either make it or break it. Rapid changes in technology also play that part in shaping and moulding this industry. It also shapes the way...

Travel: Fishing With Das, Or Pirogue Trader

Travel: Fishing With Das, Or Pirogue Trader

February 11, 2025 |

  By DONAL CONLON   We walk down a country lane fringed by swaying coconut palms and luxuriant vegetation through which the Indian Ocean can be glimpsed. I am walking with Das, who is a part-time handyman at a local hotel, on a coastal path in northern...

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Tony Park

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“When I open  pARTicipate, I  enjoy the opportunity to find out about art across such a range of disciplines and creative endeavours.

It uplifts, inspires and gets me connected to so many local voices.”

Steven Sack

Heritage & Creativity

“Bruce and pARTicipate support the entertainment industry. As the foremost organisation representing

actors and being the voice for and the rights for actors, his assistance and support of SAGA’s activism has highlighted the plight of actors and the injustice they endure.”
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Carlynn de Waal-Smit

SAGA

“pARTicipate is the only South African culture site that spreads its considerable net far and wide across all of the arts

– music, theatre, writing, film and more. And under the steady hand of of its critic-in-chief Bruce Dennill, there is a certainty of honest appraisal and enthusiastic reporting on the best of the creative output of our citizens.”
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Steven Boykey Sidley

Author

“pARTicipate contributes significantly to the dwindling arts coverage space in South Africa and provides a
much-needed voice to local artists across all genres. Bruce Dennill has a deep understanding of and appreciation for originating new work in a South African context. If you’re looking for content that is relevant, well-researched and that will (often!) put a smile on your face, hit the subscribe button!”
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Jaco van Rensburg

Producer

“Bruce Dennill is an arts critic who’s opinion is highly valued in the world of live performance and entertainment
in South Africa. Having reviewed my work often, Bruce’s gaze is honest, encouraging and always refreshing, keeping up with theatrical trends and showing a genuine love and curiosity for live performance. A show is not complete without his signature review, be it a positive or negative one – he offers a necessary eye and discerning opinion to our industry.”
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Sylvaine Strike

Director

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