By BRUCE DENNILL Janice Honeyman’s Peter Pan / Directed by Janice Honeyman / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein A return to well-known source material – Janice Honeyman directed different versions of a Peter Pan pantomime in 2007 and 2014 –...
By BRUCE DENNILL Janice Honeyman’s Adventures In Pantoland / Directed by Janice Honeyman / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg For the occasion of Joburg Theatre’s 60th anniversary (and, remarkably, executive producer Bernard...
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 Kunene And The King / Directed by Janice Honeyman / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg The Mandela theatre is well known for hosting big extravaganzas – the annual pantomime and regular Joburg Ballet productions, for...
By BRUCE DENNILL Hlakanyana: The Musical / Directed by Janice Honeyman / Keorapetse William Kgositsile Theatre, Auckland Park, Johannesburg The launching of a new original stage musical is always reason for celebration, and for the team behind...