By BRUCE DENNILL Savanna Comics’ Choice Awards 2016 / Directed by Rob Van Vuuren / Teatro, Fourways, Johannesburg This showcase for South African (and soon to be African, according to a recent announcement) comedy, has, in six years, become a prestigious...
By BRUCE DENNILL The Grilling of a Lifetime: Casper de Vries / Grillmaster – John Vlismas / Parker’s Comedy & Jive, Montecasino, Johannesburg A roast (or grill, if the name must be changed to satisfy some puerile pettiness) is defined as: “an event...
By BRUCE DENNILL I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change / Directed by Elizma Badenhorst / Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Versions of the men-versus-women, Mars-Venus, defense of the caveman story have filled the pages of...
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,...
By BRUCE DENNILL Johannesburg International Comedy Festival: Live From The 13th Floor / Thirteen, Braamfontein, Johannesburg That the line-up for the Live From The 13th Floor show featured only comediennes is slightly problematic. Not because there is a...
