By BRUCE DENNILL Agatha Christie’s Witness For The Prosecution / Directed by Alan Swerdlow / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg This production was originally set to be staged in 2020, with the Covid pandemic shutting...
By BRUCE DENNILL Expelled is a family drama that focuses on the largely ungoverned world of social media. Alex, a Matric pupil at an elite school, gets caught up in a viral scandal and is suspended. Once a post is shared, lives alter in seconds: what’s...
Graham Hopkins plays the Professor in Eugène Ionesco’s gripping play, The Lesson at the Market Theatre. Live performance: the thrill versus the nerves – where are you on that curve as a new show starts? It’s always a bit terrifying. Nerves are essential...
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...
