By BRUCE DENNILL Charlie And The Chocolate Factory / Choreography by Mario Gaglione / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg The arrival of a new, original full-length ballet is a huge deal in any context. The sheer amount of work...
By BRUCE DENNILL Mzansi Ballet: The Neil Diamond Show / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Neil Diamond remains a somewhat polarising musical figure – undeniably influential and important, and with sales to support his...
By BRUCE DENNILL Joburg Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty / Staged by Sophie Sarrote / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg The Sleeping Beauty story is nearly 700 years old and has been the source material and basis for scores of...
By BRUCE DENNILL Joburg Ballet: The Nutcracker / Choreographed and produced by Angela Malan / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg The Nutcracker can be a mildly polarising ballet in that it’s likely the classical piece that audiences have...
By BRUCE DENNILL Joburg Ballet: Don Quixote / Staged by Angela Malan / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg All classical ballets involve stories within stories, and Don Quixote features, among others, the interwoven tales of...
