By BRUCE DENNILL Mark Richardson plays Alfie Doolittle in the new Pieter Toerien production of My Fair Lady at the Artscape Opera House and then Montecasino. In the lead-up to a new production, how do you prepare: – Physically… I have...
By BRUCE DENNILL The Return Of Elvis Du Pisanie, written and directed by Paul Slabolepszy and starring Ashley Dowds was first performed in 1992. It tells the story of Eddie du Pisanie (played by Slabolepszy in the original and Dowds in this year’s...
By BRUCE DENNILL Gloucester Productions’ 2024 staging of Peter Schaffer’s classic text Amadeus moves from Johannesburg (at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre) to Cape Town (at Theatre on the Bay). This Tony Award-winning play was first staged in...
By BRUCE DENNILL Disney’s My Son Pinocchio Jr at the Peoples Theatre features the beloved classic songs ‘When You Wish Upon a Star’ and ‘I’ve Got No Strings’, alongside a host of songs by Oscar- and Grammy Award-winner and master melodist Stephen...
By BRUCE DENNILL Presented by the Maynardville Open-Air Festival, in association with VR Theatrical, A Midsummer Night’s Dream weaves a tale of love-struck couples, eccentric actors, and mischievous fairies. The play blurs the line between reality and...
