Mar 19, 2026 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL The Opera Singer / Directed by Janna Ramos-Violante / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg Timothee Chalamet’s comments about not wanting to work in ballet or opera don’t deserve more space than they’ve already had, but...
Mar 6, 2026 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL 88 / Directed by Rocco de Villiers and Coenie de Villiers / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Taking its name from the number of keys on a piano keyboard, 88 is built to showcase the skills of highly...
Feb 13, 2026 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Joburg Ballet: Giselle / Staged by Angela Malan / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Sports fans will be familiar with the phenomenon of teams consolidating as they go through periods where established team...
Feb 6, 2026 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Cats / Resident director: Duane Alexander / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg TS Eliot wrote Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats in the 1930s, presumably for a lark, and the decision to use the collection’s fluffy poems...
Feb 4, 2026 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Marabi / Directed by Arthur Molepo / John Kani Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown, Johannesburg Revived – the original production was staged in 1982 and there were other productions in the 1990s – as part of the celebrations of the...
Jan 31, 2026 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Nobody Told Me / Directed by Ilina Perianova / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg Nobody Told Me is a story where the source material is soul material: playwright Luc Albinski’s mother (Wanda, now in her Eighties) and...
