Aug 11, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Namaste Bae: Blessings And Kombucha / Directed by Louw Venter / Hilton Arts Festival: Memorial Hall, Hilton College Namaste Bae is one of several characters comedian and actor Rob Van Vuuren has developed after a (probably)...
Aug 4, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Nik Rabinowitz: Geriatric Millennial / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg The title of Nik Rabinowitz’s new show suggests something about ageing and the possibilities of that process slowing one down, mentally or...
Jan 31, 2024 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL The Savanna Newcomer Showcase / Hosted by Robby Collins / Sandton Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg A newcomer showcase, in any field of the arts, can be a hit-and-miss affair, with the best case seeing audience members...
Dec 30, 2022 | ARTicle
By ALLISON KUGEL Comedian, actress and writer Catherine Cohen is throwback to the likes of musical comedy acts like Carol Burnett and Bette Midler, but with a twist of ultra-femininity, glamour and unabashed self-love. Cohen spent years cultivating a musical comedy...
Oct 29, 2022 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Mark Banks: Alive! / Studio Theatre, Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg The stage for Mark Banks’ one-man comedy show at the Studio Theatre is littered with coloured plastic balls, discarded wigs,...
