Feb 9, 2025 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL It’s time to sweat out the sadness. Spin Cycles at the Baxter Theatre offers a cathartic look into why we search for something deeper when the inconceivable happens to us. After an earth-shattering year, can a journalist spin herself out...
Jan 25, 2025 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL Paul Slabolepszy’s new play Bitter Winter, which pays poignant tribute to South African Theatre, will premier at Pieter Toerien’s Studio Theatre at Montecasino in February. Slabolepszy, the recent recipient of a Naledi Lifetime...
Dec 18, 2024 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL Justin Fox is the author of World War II thriller The Wolf Hunt. Writing a book is a huge commitment. What are the elements that need to be in place if you are going to meet whatever writing goals you set? Time. I need big chunks of...
Dec 17, 2024 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL Mark Richardson plays Alfie Doolittle in the new Pieter Toerien production of My Fair Lady at the Artscape Opera House and then Montecasino. In the lead-up to a new production, how do you prepare: – Physically… I have...
Dec 8, 2024 | ARTicle
The Penguin on Showmax has an 8.7/10 rating on IMDb’s Most Popular TV chart. Following the events of The Batman, Oz Cobb, aka the Penguin, makes a play to seize the reins of Gotham’s crime world. Directed by Emmy nominee Craig Zobel, The Penguin co-stars an...
Nov 6, 2024 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL Magnet Theatre presents new show mAnJE ! MaNJe (an epic). The show is made possible by grants from the National Lotteries Commission and the National Arts Council of South Africa. Meat, fire, metal and plastic. What will come to define...
