By BRUCE DENNILL Lungs / Directed by Bianca Amato / Studio, Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Duncan Macmillan’s text-heavy two-hander has been around a while now – it was first staged in 2011 – but it hasn’t lost a...
By BRUCE DENNILL Barber Shop Chronicles / Directed by Sibusiso Mamba / John Kani Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown, Johannesburg Barber shops are generally places of intimacy – physically speaking, in that they are often smallish rooms containing...
By BRUCE DENNILL So Long Marianne: A Tribute To Marianne Faithfull / POPArt, Parkwood, Johannesburg POPArt is a wonderfully versatile venue that can stage shows in the round or move lights and curtains around to have a more traditional stage area...
By BRUCE DENNILL Janice Honeyman’s Pinocchio / Directed by Janice Honeyman / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Returning to Pinocchio – this is her third pantomime using the beloved 1883 story as a foundational text – Janice...
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...
By BRUCE DENNILL To Life, With Love / Directed by Josh Lindberg / The Baxter Studio, Baxter Theatre, Cape Town John Maytham’s voice plays a huge role in the way the broadcaster earns his loving as a Cape Talk radio host, and it almost becomes a...
