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Dance Review: Private Presley – Memphis Flash, Or Rock And Roles

Dance Review: Private Presley – Memphis Flash, Or Rock And Roles

Oct 26, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Mzansi Ballet: Sean Bovim’s Private Presley Ballet / Choreographed by Sean Bovim / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg   Sean Bovim’s original production of Private Presley (then called Private Presley: A...
Music Review: Swingin’ Las Vegas 2025 – Gold Standards, Or Happily On The Band Wagon

Music Review: Swingin’ Las Vegas 2025 – Gold Standards, Or Happily On The Band Wagon

May 26, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Swingin’ Las Vegas 2025 / Conducted by Adam Howard / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways   It’s often the case that top-class music, theatre and/or entertainment involves technical excellence, committed performers, well-written or curated...
Theatre Review: My Fair Lady – Strong(er) Language, Or Abso-bloomin’-lutely Loverly

Theatre Review: My Fair Lady – Strong(er) Language, Or Abso-bloomin’-lutely Loverly

Jan 27, 2025 | chART

  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...
Theatre Interview: Mark Richardson – What’s It All About, Alfie?, Or Doolittle, Experience Much

Theatre Interview: Mark Richardson – What’s It All About, Alfie?, Or Doolittle, Experience Much

Dec 17, 2024 | ARTicle

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Mark Richardson plays Alfie Doolittle in the new Pieter Toerien production of My Fair Lady at the Artscape Opera House and then Montecasino.   In the lead-up to a new production, how do you prepare: –        Physically… I have...
Theatre Review: The Magic Of Rob Lake – Depths Of Mystery, Or Casually Causing Confusion

Theatre Review: The Magic Of Rob Lake – Depths Of Mystery, Or Casually Causing Confusion

Oct 12, 2024 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   The Magic Of Rob Lake / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways   Though not yet a household name in South Africa, Rob Lake is a celebrated illusionist in his native US where, as well as being a consistent and popular stage performer himself,...
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Bruce Dennill is a BASA/National Arts Festival Arts Writing Awards Silvear Award winner (Opinion and Features), a South African Music Awards judge and a recording artist. His first play, the pocket musical Actress,for which he wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the script, was the recipient of a Broadway World South Africa Award for Best New Play Or Musical and a Naledi Theatre Award for Best Lead Actress In A Musical (Talia Kodesh).
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