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Ballet Review: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory – Rich Sweetness Or Candy Can-Do

Ballet Review: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory – Rich Sweetness Or Candy Can-Do

Oct 7, 2024 | chART

  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...
Music Review: Josh Groban: Stages – Live: High Standards, Or Musicals Spectacularly Staged

Music Review: Josh Groban: Stages – Live: High Standards, Or Musicals Spectacularly Staged

Jul 16, 2016 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL   Josh Groban: Stages – Live   Albums of standards tend to be, well, standard. Songs that are loved by millions are also heard by millions, thus exponentially expanding the pool of potential “this version isn’t as good as that one” critics....

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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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