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Theatre Review: Prima Facie – Law And Loss, Or Anguish Abandoned

Theatre Review: Prima Facie – Law And Loss, Or Anguish Abandoned

Sep 21, 2026 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Prima Facie / Directed by Neil Coppen / Barney Simon Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown, Johannesburg   Suzie Miller’s play about law and sexual violence lands in South Africa at a sickeningly apposite time, with multiple bodies of...
Theatre Review: Ms B-Haved – Teachable Moments, Or Talents Tested

Theatre Review: Ms B-Haved – Teachable Moments, Or Talents Tested

Sep 17, 2026 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Ms B-Haved / Directed by Natasha Sutherland / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg   A compact, one-woman play, Ms B-Haved, written and performed by Sue Diepeveen, examines, with both humour and pathos, the lot of the modern...
Film Review: Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger – Brothers Beyond, Or Cussed Charm

Film Review: Oasis – Don’t Look Back In Anger – Brothers Beyond, Or Cussed Charm

Sep 10, 2026 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger / Directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern / 16L   The 2025 Oasis reunion world tour was, in many respects, a surprise success – not in terms of ticket sales, but in the ability of the famously...
Theatre Review: Roland’s Cave – The Sound Of Musing, Or Of Summits And Songs

Theatre Review: Roland’s Cave – The Sound Of Musing, Or Of Summits And Songs

Sep 3, 2026 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Roland’s Cave / Directed by Shireen Hollier / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg   A rich businessman out on a hike gets caught in bad weather and needs to take shelter in a cave. Stuck there for a while, he finds his mind...
Theatre Review: The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd – Roger Over And Out, Or Belgian, No Waffle

Theatre Review: The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd – Roger Over And Out, Or Belgian, No Waffle

Aug 31, 2026 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Agatha Christie’s The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd / Directed by Alan Swerdlow / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg   As proven by Netflix true crime documentaries, audiences love it to see people die. Oh, and...
Theatre Review: A Good House – Sharing Is Scaring, Or No Sitting On The Fence

Theatre Review: A Good House – Sharing Is Scaring, Or No Sitting On The Fence

Aug 29, 2026 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   A Good House / Directed by Amy Jephta / Mannie Manim Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown, Johannesburg   Processing the complexities of politically traumatised, multi-ethnic society via drama and comedy in theatre is a good, even...
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Bruce Dennill is a BASA/National Arts Festival Arts Writing Awards Silvear Award winner (Opinion and Features), a South African Music Awards judge and a recording artist. His first play, the pocket musical Actress,for which he wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the script, was the recipient of a Broadway World South Africa Award for Best New Play Or Musical and a Naledi Theatre Award for Best Lead Actress In A Musical (Talia Kodesh).
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