[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL The Color Purple / Directed by Janice Honeyman / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg 8.5 The Color Purple is, on paper, hardly the stuff of a fun night...
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Actress Sebe Leotlela returns to the Joburg Theatre after completing a run as part of the ensemble in Janice Honeyman’s pantomime, Pinocchio. She’s reconnecting with the director too,...
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Evita / Directed by Hal Prince / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg It’s a very different experience watching Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s 1978 musical Evita in...
By BRUCE DENNILL Composer, producer and playwright Alice Gillham’s new musical Calling Me Home recently completed its first run – a brief installation at the Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein, where it met with mixed reviews. The piece was initially something...
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...
