By BRUCE DENNILL If A Tree Falls / Directed by Janice Honeyman / The Theatre Linden, Johannesburg Grief affects everyone in different ways and requires processing in different ways. Playwright Penny Kreitzer, a South African who moved to the US, lost her daughter in...
By BRUCE DENNILL Shirley Valentine / Directed by Gina Shmukler / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways Willy Russell’s 1986 play has not aged a day, and for once, audiences might wish that it had, as its theme is a sad one in which redemption...
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Natasha Sutherland stars as Shirley Valentine in VR Theatrical’s production of the play of the same name, written by Willy Russell and directed by Gina Shmukler. This is a story...
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Seriously?! / Directed by Gina Shmukler / Crystal Room, Killarney Country Club, Johannesburg “Seriously?!” – it’s an exclamation of incredulity and frustration, mumbled (or...
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Aunty Merle The Musical / Directed by Lara Foot / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg For a comedian to base a full-length musical on one of the alter egos...
