By BRUCE DENNILL Let’s Rock: A Concert In The Park / Marks Park, Emmarentia, Johannesburg Holding a music festival outside means being at the mercy of the elements to some degree, and during a prolonged rainy spell in Johannesburg, the eight hours...
By BRUCE DENNILL The Suit / Directed by J Bobs Tshabalala / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg Can Themba’s original short story is six decades old and the original version of this play was created by Barney Simon and Mothobi Mutloatse...
By BRUCE DENNILL The Jungle Book / Directed By Daniel Butcher-Geddes / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Bringing an immensely well-known and much-loved story to the stage can have both benefits and challenges. In the...
By BRUCE DENNILL My Fair Lady / Directed by Steven Stead / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways One of the challenging aspects of reviving a hugely well-known piece is that the comparison of the new version to all the ones that have come before is...
By BRUCE DENNILL Robbie Williams / SunBet Arena, Time Square, Pretoria Robbie Williams took a two-decade break between South African tours, but there is no dynamic curve as, without even a support act to warm up the room, he explodes onto the...
By BRUCE DENNILL Calabash South Africa 2025 – Green Day, The Offspring, Fokofpolisiekar / FNB Stadium, Soweto Happily falling on one of three summer’s days so far when it wasn’t raining, Calabash South Africa 2025 brought together a trio of...
