By BRUCE DENNILL Deathly Murder: Killed By A Killer / Directed by Martin Grendele / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg In the tradition of Agatha Christie whodunnits, but squeezed through an archly daft farce filter, Deathly Murder:...
By BRUCE DENNILL The Return Of Elvis Du Pisanie / Directed by Paul Slabolepszy / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre This one-hander, first staged in 1992 starring its writer and the director of this production Paul Slabolepszy in the title role,...
By BRUCE DENNILL Mamma Mia / Directed by Janice Honeyman / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways It doesn’t matter what your personal feeling is about the ABBA-driven stage show Mamma Mia (and it does tend to be one of the more polarising major musicals):...
By BRUCE DENNILL My Left Breast / Directed by Janet Baylis / Theatre On The Square, Sandton When something like cancer turns up in someone’s life, it can – must – become all-consuming. Nothing else is needed in terms of a focal point, though the...
By BRUCE DENNILL Guinness World Records 2024 Which Side Is Up? by Zapiro Agents Of The State by Mike Nicol Spire by Fiona Snyckers My Great Expedition by Justin Fox It was inevitable that what began as a collection of notable achievements in...
By BRUCE DENNILL The Brothers, Number One And A Weekend Special / Directed by Greg Homann / Mannie Manim Theatre, Market Theatre A title that’s tricky enough to make you fumble it a couple of times on the drive to the theatre does, it transpires,...