Dance Review: Private Presley – Memphis Flash, Or Rock And Roles

Dance Review: Private Presley – Memphis Flash, Or Rock And Roles

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Mzansi Ballet: Sean Bovim’s Private Presley Ballet / Choreographed by Sean Bovim / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg   Sean Bovim’s original production of Private Presley (then called Private Presley: A...

“pARTicipate” = “Art” + “Getting involved

 

 

Develop the conversation around arts and culture. Give artists their due.
 

 

Comments and commissions:
participatecomment@gmail.com
Travel: Jewels Of The Nile, Or Word To The World’s Mother

Travel: Jewels Of The Nile, Or Word To The World’s Mother

  By KEITH BAIN   “Yalla, Family, yalla,” said Medhat Youssef, not for the first time that morning. It had been an early start and although this was only day two of our tour around the country, our Egyptologist-cum-chaperone’s words were already a familiar...

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT.

TESTIMONIALS

“Funny, thought-provoking, entertaining, and important…the link to pARTicipate is one email I look forward to finding in my inbox.” www.tonypark.net

Tony Park

Author

“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.” www.saguildofactors.co.za

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.” www.stevenboykeysidley.com

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!” www.vrtheatrical.com

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.” www.fortunecookietheatre.com

Sylvaine Strike

Director

Bruce Dennill

“pARTicipate” = “Art” + “Getting involved”

Skip to content ↓