Dec 19, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Avatar: Fire And Ash / Directed by James Cameron / PGVL At 197 minutes, it’s clear that one of director James Cameron’s goals in revealing the ongoing Avatar saga (there are apparently two more instalments after this film, which...
Dec 14, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL First Love / Directed by Qondiswa James / POPArt Theatre, Greenside, Johannesburg Samuel Beckett’s nihilistic tendencies mean that this play’s protagonist being a tramp who enjoys hanging around in cemeteries feels about right....
Dec 11, 2025 | chART
By NIGEL WILLIS & ROB HOFMEYR The Volunteer: The True Story Of The Resistance Hero Who Infiltrated Auschwitz by Jack Fairweather Letters Home by Jolyon Nuttall As may be expected from its subtitle, The Volunteer is a harrowing read. Much of...
Dec 8, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Cape Ballet Africa: The Nutcracker / Artistic Director: Debbie Turner / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways One of the top three or four best-known ballets in the classical canon, The Nutcracker is, if not quite, to steal the sports...
Nov 24, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Far Gone / Directed by Mojisola Kareem / Lesedi, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Initially, Far Gone feels like a late-night festival piece, with the audience on three sides and the performer – John Rwothomack, a...
Nov 23, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL The Corrs: Talk On Corners Summer 2025 Tour / SunBet Arena, Time Square, Pretoria What is immediately evident just a handful of songs into the Corrs’ Pretoria set is that, although it’s been a while since the Irish band made any...
