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Theatre Review: Cats – Plenty In The Kitty, Or Quality, Fur Real

Theatre Review: Cats – Plenty In The Kitty, Or Quality, Fur Real

Feb 6, 2026 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Cats / Resident director: Duane Alexander / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg   TS Eliot wrote Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats in the 1930s, presumably for a lark, and the decision to use the collection’s fluffy poems...
Theatre Review: Marabi – Rhythms Of Community, Or A Play In The Key Of Life

Theatre Review: Marabi – Rhythms Of Community, Or A Play In The Key Of Life

Feb 4, 2026 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Marabi / Directed by Arthur Molepo / John Kani Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown, Johannesburg   Revived – the original production was staged in 1982 and there were other productions in the 1990s – as part of the celebrations of the...
Theatre Interview: Josias “Dos” Moleele – Marabi, Or Elocution’s Lessons

Theatre Interview: Josias “Dos” Moleele – Marabi, Or Elocution’s Lessons

Feb 2, 2026 | ARTicle

  By BRUCE DENNILL   South African musical theatre classic Marabi returns to The Market Theatre, launching the theatre’s year-long 50th anniversary celebrations on a high note. Directed by Arthur Molepo, who was part of the original cast, the play is...
Film Interview: Phil Cunningham – David’s Director, Or An Animated Personality

Film Interview: Phil Cunningham – David’s Director, Or An Animated Personality

Jan 5, 2026 | ARTicle

  Produced in Cape Town, the joyful animated musical David has been released in 44 international markets after passing seven million YouTube views for its trailers, and was called “the best animated film of 2025” in five-star reviews. The film’s creator,...
Theatre Review: Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Or A Real Who’s Hue

Theatre Review: Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Or A Real Who’s Hue

Jul 21, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat / Directed by Anton Luitingh and Duane Alexander / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg   The phrase “reimagined for a South African audience” is often enough to make the...
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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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