By BRUCE DENNILL Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street / Directed by Steven Stead / Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre, Johannesburg This Pieter Torien and KickstArt production of Sweeney Todd begins with a clever sequence in which, during the...
By BRUCE DENNILL That Awkward Moment / Directed by Tom Gormican / 16LS 2 Who Is Dayani Cristal / Directed by Marc Silver / PGV 7 Parkland / Directed by Peter Landesman / PGLVD 8 Lalaloopsy: Episodes 1-14...
By BRUCE DENNILL Matt Maher: Saints And Sinners One of the premier Christian songwriters around today, Matt Maher has taken much of his inspiration for this latest project from writers in other contexts and historical eras. So there are, every so often,...
By BRUCE DENNILL Mark Olson’s Good-bye Lizelle finds an Americana legend collaborating with a Norwegian (his partner, Ingunn Ringvold) on a release distributed by a German record label (Glitterhouse) and featuring tracks recorded in, among other places,...
By BRUCE DENNILL Calagary, Canada-based band The Wisers make honest, ballsy blues-rock. Singer Chad Thomas shares some thoughts. Operating as musicians creating original music in Canada, what are your thoughts on the way the industry is set up there? The...
