By BRUCE DENNILL Zip Zap Circus: Moya / Artistic Director: Brent Van Rensburg / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg The value of joy as an outcome of theatre is underappreciated. Moya, happily, is a production that reminds audiences of how...
By BRUCE DENNILL My Fellow South Africans / Directed by Mike Van Graan, Rob Van Vuuren and Daniel Mpilo Richards / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg A satirical review comprising back-to-back skits performed with barely a break to...
By BRUCE DENNILL Do I Win Or Do I Lose? / Directed by Lia Koenig / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg Roy Horovitz is an Israeli actor and director who has visited South Africa (and the Theatre On The Square) with a couple of different...
By BRUCE DENNILL Femme Is Fatale / Directed by Eloise Clasen / Mannie Manim Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown, Johannesburg ‘Cabaret’ usually refers to a song-and-dance show, often at a restaurant, with perhaps a short skirt here or some risqué...
By BRUCE DENNILL Saturday Night At The Palace / Directed by Albert Maritz / Lesedi, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg There’s a psychologist’s aphorism that says “hurt people hurt people”. The truth behind that saying is evident...
By BRUCE DENNILL Redhill Arts Festival / Redhill School, Johannesburg Desperately Seeking Souvlaki / Starring Costa Carastavrakis / Directed by Renos Spanoudes An author and motivational speaker who found the rules of writing stand-up comedy...
