By BRUCE DENNILL The Return Of Elvis Du Pisanie, written and directed by Paul Slabolepszy and starring Ashley Dowds was first performed in 1992. It tells the story of Eddie du Pisanie (played by Slabolepszy in the original and Dowds in this year’s...
By BRUCE DENNILL Gloucester Productions’ 2024 staging of Peter Schaffer’s classic text Amadeus moves from Johannesburg (at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre) to Cape Town (at Theatre on the Bay). This Tony Award-winning play was first staged in...
By BRUCE DENNILL Disney’s My Son Pinocchio Jr at the Peoples Theatre features the beloved classic songs ‘When You Wish Upon a Star’ and ‘I’ve Got No Strings’, alongside a host of songs by Oscar- and Grammy Award-winner and master melodist Stephen...
By BRUCE DENNILL Finding The Light: An Evening With Musical Theatre Stars is the culmination of a coordinated international fundraising drive with the Kolisi Foundation. The Kolisi Foundation was set up by Siya and Rachel Kolisi in 2019 to tackle some of...
By BRUCE DENNILL Roger Ashton-Griffiths’ debut novel The Case Of Cat Adam centres on Dusa Mathavasi (DM), a fictitious Indian state squeezed between today’s Pakistan and Iran. A timely invitation from an old school acquaintance, the Rajah, finds...
By ROZANNE ELS Koek is now streaming on Showmax, and early reviews are glowing. Of course, it’s hard to talk about a career-best performance for Sandra Prinsloo: Koek has competition there from films like The Gods Must Be Crazy, Hans Steek die...
