The Lesson / Directed by Greg Homann / Mannie Manim Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown, Johannesburg Influential playwright Eugene Ionesco’s perspectives often explore themes of alienation while also satirising ingrained social and psychological...
By BRUCE DENNILL Hansard / Directed by Robert Whitehead / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg This play’s title refers to the official record of debates in the British parliament, and it’s a piece in which much of the dialogue – and that’s all...
By BRUCE DENNILL The New Abnormal and Country Duty / Directed by Khutjo Green and Fiona Ramsay / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg With one eye on the state of theatre in South Africa at the moment – 50% capacity in auditoria, and budgets still tiny...
By BRUCE DENNILL Big City, Big Dreams / Directed by Fiona Ramsay / Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg There’s a school of thought that says too much classical ballet can be a touch too conservative and clichéd. And there’s another that considers...
BY BRUCE DENNILL Blonde Poison / Directed by Janna Ramos-Violante / Auto & General Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg This moving one-hander by Gail Louw stars Fiona Ramsay as Stella Goldschlag, a septuagenarian German Jew who, while...
