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Theatre Review: The Good White – The Complexion Of Colonialism, Or Affinities And Arguments

Theatre Review: The Good White – The Complexion Of Colonialism, Or Affinities And Arguments

Jun 7, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   The Good White / Directed by Greg Homann / Barney Simon Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown, Johannesburg   With a potentially inflammatory title and marketing that informs audiences that one of the topics examined in the script is the...
Film Review: One To One – John And Yoko –  Just Like Starting Over, Or Shining On

Film Review: One To One – John And Yoko – Just Like Starting Over, Or Shining On

Jun 6, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   One To One: John And Yoko (13LN) / Directed by Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards / Ster Kinekor Gauteng and Western Cape   Both John Lennon and Yoko Ono are often seen as being as difficult as they are complex, sometimes not...
Theatre Review: Othello – Cruelty In Cruise Control, Or Success In The Dark Arts

Theatre Review: Othello – Cruelty In Cruise Control, Or Success In The Dark Arts

Jun 1, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Othello / Directed by Claire Mortimer / UJ Arts Centre, Auckland Park, Johannesburg   Durban company ThinkTheatre has, for many years, produced high-quality productions of the Shakespeare plays prescribed as setworks in South...
Theatre Review: A Doll’s House Part 2 – Words To The Wise, Or Strong A-Gender Delivered

Theatre Review: A Doll’s House Part 2 – Words To The Wise, Or Strong A-Gender Delivered

May 30, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   A Doll’s House, Part 2 / Directed by Barbara Rubin / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg   The set-up for this contemporary play – it was written in 2017 – is odd. It’s a follow-up to A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen in 1879,...
Music Review: Swingin’ Las Vegas 2025 – Gold Standards, Or Happily On The Band Wagon

Music Review: Swingin’ Las Vegas 2025 – Gold Standards, Or Happily On The Band Wagon

May 26, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Swingin’ Las Vegas 2025 / Conducted by Adam Howard / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways   It’s often the case that top-class music, theatre and/or entertainment involves technical excellence, committed performers, well-written or curated...
Theatre Review: Hidden Giants – Plenty Of Space, Or Learning The Hole Story

Theatre Review: Hidden Giants – Plenty Of Space, Or Learning The Hole Story

May 11, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Hidden Giants / Presented by Universe On Stage / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein   Universe On Stage is a collaboration between physicist Dr Lucca Pontiggia and pianist and composer Yasheen Modi. The former narrates a...
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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).
Find his music on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube and wherever else you stream and download music.