Jun 28, 2026 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL The Rocky Horror Show / Directed by Steven Stead / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Richard O’Brien’s hobby science fiction/B-movie musical scribblings (the actor-playwright apparently wrote the script...
Jun 27, 2026 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL The Royal Countess Zingara / Creative Director: Richard Griffin / Melrose Arch, Johannesburg Formerly branded as Madame Zingara – she’s earned a promotion, apparently – the Royal Countess Zingara offers ‘dinner theatre’ that is...
Jun 27, 2026 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Constellations / Directed by Jay Pather / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg Nick Payne’s Constellations is a play that asks its audience to forgive him and his characters the conceit of repeating themselves – sometimes...
Jun 21, 2026 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Moving Into Dance: Rites And Rituals / Choreography by Sylvia ‘Magogo’ Glasser and Esther Nasser / Lesedi, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Moving Into Dance’s Rites And Rituals is a triumph of programming, bringing...
Jun 19, 2026 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Artist: Ben Green Track: Wonder Of It All Thoughts: A powerful, open, live-sounding intro begins things well before a touch of dilution happens with doubled lead vocals and harmonies rather crowd the space, distracting a little from the lyrics....
Jun 18, 2026 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Midnight In Parys / Directed by Bobby Heaney / Studio, Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg There is often that feeling, among observers of art, that lauded creations are both simpler and less rich than...
