By BRUCE DENNILL Cape Town Opera: Tosca / Directed by Magdalene Minnaar / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg There are not too many full-scale operas – including, as this production does, a full orchestra – staged in...
By BRUCE DENNILL Master Class / Directed by Magdalene Minaar / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg If any number of reports and reviews, supported here by the way this play’s protagonist is written by playwright Terrence...
By BRUCE DENNILL Calling Me Home / Directed by Magdalene Minnaar / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Large budget, large scale, large vision … and large risk. Calling Me Home is a new, original South African musical, joining a list of...