arts festival Archives - Bruce Dennill

In Memoriam: Sue Clarence – Friends And Folklore, Or People And Passion

Jul 31, 2025 | ARTiculate

By BRUCE DENNILL Sue Clarence, the founder and director of the Hilton Arts Festival, held at Hilton College in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands for over 30 years, passed away on 2 May this year, leaving all who had worked with her in the Hilton community and...

Theatre Interview: Joseph Gerassi – Redfest, Or The Art Of Education

Sep 17, 2019 | ARTicle

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Joseph Gerassi, Executive Head of Redhill School, is a man who believes in the value of art in education. Four years ago, he came up with the idea of RedFest, an arts festival hosted...

Theatre Interview: Shelley Adriaanzen – Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical, Or Spot The Solution

Sep 18, 2018 | ARTicle

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Shelley Adriaanzen is the director of Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical at Redfest 2018. For more information, go to redhillinnovate.co.za/redfest.html. You worked on the...

Opinion: Audience Etiquette, Or Don’t Talk, Spanky; It’s Not A Conversation

Feb 17, 2018 | ARTiculate

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]By BRUCE DENNILL Stand-up comedy is a masochist’s vocation. Often, abuse is the most sincere form of appreciation, something that’s fair enough when an act’s material involves, as it often does, brutal...

Theatre Review: Red Ahead, Or View From A Loo Versus Do Be Do

Sep 24, 2017 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL RedFest 2017: Helen Of Troyeville & Kate Normington – Live At Parlour Songs / Directed by Lesedi Job & Rowan Bakker (respectively) / Redhill School, Johannesburg The RedFest arts festival is now in its second year, expanding both...

In Memoriam: Sue Clarence – Friends And Folklore, Or People And Passion

Theatre Interview: Joseph Gerassi – Redfest, Or The Art Of Education

Theatre Interview: Shelley Adriaanzen – Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical, Or Spot The Solution

Opinion: Audience Etiquette, Or Don’t Talk, Spanky; It’s Not A Conversation

Theatre Review: Red Ahead, Or View From A Loo Versus Do Be Do

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