By BRUCE DENNILL My Name Is Lucy Barton / Directed by Charmaine Weir-Smith / Theatre On The Square, Sandton A one-woman show that takes place in a hospital room (bar some sequences that are imagined elsewhere) My Name Is Lucy Barton is, as the...
By BRUCE DENNILL The Magic Of Rob Lake / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways Though not yet a household name in South Africa, Rob Lake is a celebrated illusionist in his native US where, as well as being a consistent and popular stage performer himself,...
By BRUCE DENNILL Charlie And The Chocolate Factory / Choreography by Mario Gaglione / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg The arrival of a new, original full-length ballet is a huge deal in any context. The sheer amount of work...
By BRUCE DENNILL Conrad Koch & Chester Missing: Despicable Hehe / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Comedian and ventriloquist Conrad Koch became so remarkably effective as a caustic and insightful political...
By BRUCE DENNILL A Star Is Born / Directed by Amanda Bothma / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg There is no way to spin Judy Garland’s life and the trauma she endured. She was a generational talent responsible for some of the American...
By BRUCE DENNILL James Blunt: The Who We Used To Be Tour / SunBet Arena, Time Square, Pretoria James Blunt has carved out a very specific pop-rock niche, knowingly built on a career blast-off – the 12 million-selling Back To Bedlam album – that...
