By BRUCE DENNILL Sinbad The Sailor / Directed by Steven Stead / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways With traditional versions of any kind of art often being challenged by new or updated options as part of bids to attract or evolve new audiences (Bored...
By BRUCE DENNILL Cruise / Directed by Josh Lindberg / The Theatre Linden, Randburg In Cruise, actor Daniel Geddes has a lot to do. The piece’s main thread tells the story of Michael Spencer, and his coming to terms with the arrival of Aids in...
By BRUCE DENNILL David Gray: White Ladder – The 20th Anniversary Tour / SunBet Arena, Time Square, Pretoria The mental image of David Gray that most music fans have is of the Englishman sitting at a piano as he sings, and being a relatively...
By BRUCE DENNILL The Lumineers: Brightside World Tour / SunBet Arena, Time Square, Pretoria The Lumineers’ live performance is characterised by a high level of musicality – everyone’s a multi-instrumentalist, and they present the possibly unique...
By BRUCE DENNILL The Waterboys / Marks Park, Emmarentia, Johannesburg Originally scheduled for April 2020 and then postponed twice because of Covid, this first South African tour – how can that be possible? – for The Waterboys took a while to get...
By BRUCE DENNILL Janice Honeyman’s Adventures In Pantoland / Directed by Janice Honeyman / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg For the occasion of Joburg Theatre’s 60th anniversary (and, remarkably, executive producer Bernard...
