[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL A Christmas Chorus / Directed by Charl-Johan Lingenfelder / PG A fictional story that is, sadly, not terribly far from being a documentary, A Christmas Chorus sees top theatre musical...
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Siya Mayola stars as Willy, alongside Kai Luke Brummer as Hally and Desmond Dube as Sam in the new Fugard Theatre production of Athol Fugard’s masterpiece “Master...
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Cape Town actress Lucy Tops stars as Laura in the Fugard Theatre’s production of Significant Other by playwright Joshua Harmon, who also wrote the hugely popular Bad Jews. The latter...
By BRUCE DENNILL King Kong / Directed by Jonathan Munby / Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg The phrase “long-awaited” is generally over-used in publicity bilge in a pointless attempt, perhaps, to convince readers that their lives have been oddly...
By BRUCE DENNILL West Side Story / Directed by Matthew Wild / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg There’s a good deal of nostalgia involved in watching West Side Story. It’s unavoidable. It’s a 60-year-old stage musical based on a...