Mar 22, 2015 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Michael Buble / Coca-Cola Dome, Johannesburg / 21 March Arriving at a concert to see an artist you’re already enthusiastic about is always made better by the discovery that there’s a bonus in the shape of a support act that...
Mar 14, 2015 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL She Died Dreaming / Directed by Jullian Seleke-Mokoto / Market Theatre, Johannesburg Jullian Seleke-Mokoto’s latest play is now two years old. This aside is worth mentioning because its Market Theatre incarnation still feels very...
Mar 9, 2015 | chART
By ROB HOFMEYR Civil War (Volume 3 of The History of England) by Peter Ackroyd 8 The Temporary Gentleman by Sebastian Barry 8 Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke ...
Mar 7, 2015 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Shaun Wewege / Are We Offended Yet? / PopArt, Main Street Life, Johannesburg Broadly speaking, stand-up comedians take one of two approaches when pitching their humour: they’re rude or not; offensive or informative. Shaun Wewege,...
Mar 7, 2015 | chART
By TAMMY BALLANTYNE Dance Umbrella 2015 / Double bill: The Architecture of Tears and fight, flight, feathers, f***ers / March 3 and 4, Dance Factory Images of flight, buoyancy, human bodies airborne, pervaded this double bill at Dance Factory....
Feb 28, 2015 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Jason Mraz and Raining Jane / Teatro, Montecasino / 26 February 2015 With little or no publicity, Jason Mraz sold out two nights at the 1 870-seater Teatro in Fourways, a phenomenon those only peripherally aware of the singer-songwriter...
