By BRUCE DENNILL Just Carry On William! / Directed by Alan Swerdlow / The Studio, Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg On paper, the idea of bringing together Richmal Crompton’s Just William stories – about a bright, mischievous...
By BRUCE DENNILL Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street / Directed by Steven Stead / Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre, Johannesburg This Pieter Torien and KickstArt production of Sweeney Todd begins with a clever sequence in which, during the...
By GREG VORSTER The Vortex / Choreographed by Marc Goldberg / Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre, Johannesburg Unexpected vision is an exciting thing in any art form, so choreographer Marc Goldberg’s idea: re-interpreting Noel Coward’s story sex, drugs...
By BRUCE DENNILL Pythonesque / Directed by Alan Swerdlow / Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre Playwright Roy Smiles’ affectionate homage to Monty Python has received a polishing and a tweak or three since its last run in South Africa in 2008, and...
By BRUCE DENNILL The title of Alan Committie’s new one-man show, The Sound Of Laughter, turns out to be a prophecy that’s fulfilled early on in the piece, when the belly laughs arrive unexpectedly close to the beginning of the show, during a stint...
