Jul 26, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL The Tramp / Directed by Amanda Bothma / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg Amanda Bothma and her team at Wêla Kapela Productions have figured out a storytelling formula that transcends the media they are working in, and...
Jul 21, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat / Directed by Anton Luitingh and Duane Alexander / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg The phrase “reimagined for a South African audience” is often enough to make the...
Jul 12, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Conrad Koch and Chester Missing: Puppet Power / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg It’s a mark of success for a ventriloquist when his puppets become as well known – ore even more so – than the performer...
Jul 5, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Swan Lake / Joburg Ballet, Cape Town City Ballet and Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Swan Lake is arguably the major classical ballet easiest to pitch to audiences who aren’t too...
Jun 27, 2025 | chART
By ROB HOFMEYR AND BRUCE DENNILL One Day in Bethlehem by Jonny Steinberg The Insomnia Museum by Samantha Harvey Die Laughing edited by Joanne Hichens Fusi Mofokeng lives in Bethlehem in the Free State. In 1992, South Africa is moving inexorably...
Jun 26, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Master Harold… And The Boys / Directed by Warona Seane / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg Athol Fugard’s 1982 play, set in 1950, still lands rather too close to the bone in 2025. It’s a simple, clever concept – one...
