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...
By BRUCE DENNILL My Fair Lady / Directed by Steven Stead / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways One of the challenging aspects of reviving a hugely well-known piece is that the comparison of the new version to all the ones that have come before is...
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...
