Theatre Review: The Sound Of Music – Nun The Wiser, Or Ave, Maria!
By BRUCE DENNILL The Sound Of Music / Directed by Steven Stead / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg It’s a 65-year-old musical with a story set in 1938, and one that’s been staged repeatedly in South Africa, largely because audiences keep...
Opera Review: Tosca – When In Rome, Or Drama To Scale
By BRUCE DENNILL Cape Town Opera: Tosca / Directed by Magdalene Minnaar / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg There are not too many full-scale operas – including, as this production does, a full orchestra – staged in...
Theatre Review: Master Class – Callas Crescendo, Or Passion And Pathos
By BRUCE DENNILL Master Class / Directed by Magdalene Minaar / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg If any number of reports and reviews, supported here by the way this play’s protagonist is written by playwright Terrence...
