Oct 20, 2022 | ARTicle
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...
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...
Nov 10, 2021 | chART
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Cinderella / Directed by Janice Honeyman / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Delayed for a year because of the pandemic, the return of producer Bernard Jay and...
Apr 28, 2019 | chART
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]By BRUCE DENNILL Equus / Directed by Fred Abrahamse / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg The tagline on the poster for this production of Peter Shaffer’s classic play –...
