Mar 14, 2024 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Amadeus / Directed by Geoffrey Hyland / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Peter Shaffer’s 1979 play, like its 18th Century subject matter, has aged well, not least because its central themes are, if...
Mar 11, 2024 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Mortal Engines / Directed by Christian Rivers / PG13 Gifted / Directed by Marc Webb / PG13 Tomb Raider / Directed by Roar Uthaug / 13V Finders Keepers / Directed by Maynard Kraak / 16DLV SWAT Under Siege / Directed by Tony Giglio / 16LV...
Mar 7, 2024 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL, LISA WITEPSKI Last Night At The Bassline by David B Coplan & Oscar Guiterrez Jemima Small Versus The Universe by By Tamsin Winter Year Of The Turnip by John Dobson Wine, Women & Good Hope: A History Of Scandalous Behaviour In...
Mar 6, 2024 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Expelled / Directed by Craig Freimond / Golden Arrow Studio, Baxter Theatre, Cape Town The fallout from poorly judged social media posts is an almost daily topic in most modern households, and the poison fomented on platforms from...
Feb 26, 2024 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL The Sound Of Music / Directed by Steven Stead / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg It’s a 65-year-old musical with a story set in 1938, and one that’s been staged repeatedly in South Africa, largely because audiences keep...
Feb 17, 2024 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Spanish Steps / Directed by Caroline Midgley / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg There is a common trope, seen regularly both in theatre and in television and film, where two people who don’t know each other or who do...
