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Ballet Review: The Bacchae – Anniversary Awe, Or Marvelling At Myths

Ballet Review: The Bacchae – Anniversary Awe, Or Marvelling At Myths

Jul 4, 2026 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   The Bacchae: An African Choral Ballet / Directed by Jay Pather / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   The first thing that becomes evident for audience members who have arrived at The Bacchae: An African Choral...
Ballet Review: Giselle – Peasant And Correct, Or A Phantom Fantasy

Ballet Review: Giselle – Peasant And Correct, Or A Phantom Fantasy

Feb 13, 2026 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Joburg Ballet: Giselle / Staged by Angela Malan / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   Sports fans will be familiar with the phenomenon of teams consolidating as they go through periods where established team...

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Bruce Dennill is a BASA/National Arts Festival Arts Writing Awards Silvear Award winner (Opinion and Features), a South African Music Awards judge and a recording artist. His first play, the pocket musical Actress,for which he wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the script, was the recipient of a Broadway World South Africa Award for Best New Play Or Musical and a Naledi Theatre Award for Best Lead Actress In A Musical (Talia Kodesh).
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