Nov 10, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL So Long Marianne: A Tribute To Marianne Faithfull / POPArt, Parkwood, Johannesburg POPArt is a wonderfully versatile venue that can stage shows in the round or move lights and curtains around to have a more traditional stage area...
Aug 15, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL The Hollow Crown / Directed by Fred Abrahamse / Hilton Arts Festival: Memorial Hall, Hilton College A stage set-up that involves nothing more than four chairs, two lecterns and two pedestals with crowns on top of them informs...
Oct 15, 2022 | chART
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...
Aug 13, 2022 | chART
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...
Jun 2, 2022 | chART
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...
