Jun 26, 2022 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Locked Upside Down…And Inside Out! / Directed by Alan Swerdlow / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg Following a revue-style show conceptualised and performed during Covid comes a revue-style show performed as the pandemic – please God...
Jun 20, 2022 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL If A Tree Falls / Directed by Janice Honeyman / The Theatre Linden, Johannesburg Grief affects everyone in different ways and requires processing in different ways. Playwright Penny Kreitzer, a South African who moved to the US, lost her daughter in...
Jun 14, 2022 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Kunene And The King / Directed by Janice Honeyman / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg The Mandela theatre is well known for hosting big extravaganzas – the annual pantomime and regular Joburg Ballet productions, for...
Jun 10, 2022 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Borderline / Directed by Maralin Vanrenen / John Kani Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown, Johannesburg Playwright Paul Slabolepszy has been telling funny, often uncomfortable relatable stage stories since the end of the 1970s, and each new piece...
Jun 4, 2022 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Mzansi Ballet: The Abba Show / Directed by Dirk Badenhorst / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg In London at the moment, there is a show called Abba Voyage which, until you read the fine print, sounds like it might be...
Jun 2, 2022 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL The New Abnormal and Country Duty / Directed by Khutjo Green and Fiona Ramsay / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg With one eye on the state of theatre in South Africa at the moment – 50% capacity in auditoria, and budgets still tiny...
