By BRUCE DENNILL The Promise / Directed by Sylvaine Strike / John Kani Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown, Johannesburg “Promise” means both “a declaration or assurance that one will do something or a particular thing will happen” and “the quality...
By BRUCE DENNILL Translated into Afrikaans and directed by Nico Scheepers, Tien Duisend Ton brings together two of South Africa’s foremost talents in Albert Pretorius and Cintaine Schutte, who star as a couple seriously considering procreation in the...
By BRUCE DENNILL Tien Duisend Ton / Directed by Nico Scheepers / Mannie Manim Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown, Johannesburg Sometimes when we experience feelings we have not yet developed a language to express, we compensate by talking a lot....
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Steve Smith / Directed by Jemma Kahn / Virtual National Arts Festival This is an odd little film, which is part of its appeal. Jemma Kahn has made a fascinating, brilliant career out...
By BRUCE DENNILL Other than about ten seconds of non-activated microphone in which what Albert Pretorius said into the device was easily audible anyway, there was nothing wrong with the performance of Three Little Pigs on Saturday 26 July in the Wits Theatre...
