May 3, 2015 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Pythonesque / Directed by Alan Swerdlow / Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre Playwright Roy Smiles’ affectionate homage to Monty Python has received a polishing and a tweak or three since its last run in South Africa in 2008, and...
Apr 30, 2015 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Reflection by Heinrich van den Berg Heinrich van den Berg’s latest collection begins its agreeable assault on your senses before you even open it. The cover – all three square feet of it; it’s a big book – features a close-up of half...
Apr 22, 2015 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Shawn Phillips: Perspective 6 Wayne Hussey: Songs Of Candlelight And Razorblades 6 The Wisers: It’s Safe I’m Not Here ...
Apr 19, 2015 | chART
By DARISE FOSTER A comment on society, a love story, peer pressure , the story of freedom fighters, Lulu Mlangeni’s Page 27, showcased at the Market Theatre, had guests debating their interpretations of the storyline long after the closing curtain was called....
Apr 11, 2015 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Crazy In Love / Directed by Rob Murray / Barney Simon Theatre, Market Theatre, Johannesburg There has been much weeping and gnashing of teeth over the state of straight theatre in South Africa, where venues are packed with musicals,...
Apr 9, 2015 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Damien Rice: My Favourite Faded Fantasy It’s been eight years since Damien Rice’s previous album and there are only eight tracks on this new collection, so the Irish singer-songwriter could hardly be accused of trying to flood his...
