By BRUCE DENNILL Amadeus / Directed by Geoffrey Hyland / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Peter Shaffer’s 1979 play, like its 18th Century subject matter, has aged well, not least because its central themes are, if...
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Cantiamo – Mzansi Opera Celebration / Artistic producer: Marcus Tebogo Desando / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein Whatever is happening on theatre stages for the next couple of...
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL The Tide is the new single taken from Parts X Fiction’s forthcoming debut album and follows the band’s successful debut single Mad World. The Tide is an infectious earworm that...
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Viennese New Year’s Concert: Opposites Attract / Johannesburg Festival Orchestra, conducted by Richard Cock / Linder Auditorium, Parktown, Johannesburg 7 The traditional...
By BRUCE DENNILL The Magic Flute / Directed by Christoph Dammann / Mandela at Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Mozart’s final opera is a complex beast, while also being a daft Disney fairytale antecedent that goes through long sections of...
