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Theatre Review: Bitter Winter – Roles Reviewed, Or Learning And Lore

Theatre Review: Bitter Winter – Roles Reviewed, Or Learning And Lore

Feb 23, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Bitter Winter / Directed by Lesedi Job / Studio, Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways   Given the theme of this play – the cruelty a competitive industry (in this case, theatre specifically and entertainment in general)...
Theatre Interview: Andre Odendaal – Bitter Winter, Or One For The Ages

Theatre Interview: Andre Odendaal – Bitter Winter, Or One For The Ages

Jan 25, 2025 | ARTicle

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Paul Slabolepszy’s new play Bitter Winter, which pays poignant tribute to South African Theatre, will premier at Pieter Toerien’s Studio Theatre at Montecasino in February. Slabolepszy, the recent recipient of a Naledi Lifetime...
Theatre Review: From Koe’siestes To Kneidlach With Kids! – Goy Joy, Or All The Coloureds Of The Rainbow

Theatre Review: From Koe’siestes To Kneidlach With Kids! – Goy Joy, Or All The Coloureds Of The Rainbow

May 6, 2022 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL From Koe’siestes To Kneidlach – With Kids! / Directed by Megan Choritz / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg   It’s not often that biographical one-woman shows have sequels, but it makes a lot of sense that they should, as life goes on...
Theatre Review: Seussical – Cats And Creativity, Or For Who The Horton Rolls

Theatre Review: Seussical – Cats And Creativity, Or For Who The Horton Rolls

Dec 29, 2019 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Seussical / Directed by Matthew Counihan / Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City Casino, Ormonde, Johannesburg   This production is a relatively stripped-down, one-act version of the...
Theatre Review: 6 Characters In Search Of An Author – Theatre About Theatre Not Being Theatre, Or Life Imitating Art Or Vice Versa Or What’s Going On?

Theatre Review: 6 Characters In Search Of An Author – Theatre About Theatre Not Being Theatre, Or Life Imitating Art Or Vice Versa Or What’s Going On?

Jul 25, 2016 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL   6 Characters In Search Of An Author / Directed by Sibusiso Mamba / Mannie Manim Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown, Johannesburg   It was a strange strategy in 1921, when Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello wrote and first staged this piece,...

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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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