By BRUCE DENNILL The Sound Of Music / Directed by Steven Stead / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg It’s a 65-year-old musical with a story set in 1938, and one that’s been staged repeatedly in South Africa, largely because audiences keep...
Actress runs in the Studio Theatre at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre in Fourways until 8 October, It is written by Talia Kodesh and Bruce Dennill with music and lyrics by Bruce Dennill, directed by Daniel Geddes and produced by Collett Dawson. It stars...
By BRUCE DENNILL Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story / Directed by Nick Winston / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways Buddy is not the biggest musical in the world – after all, its hero died aged only 22 (if that’s a spoiler, this may not be the show for you),...
By BRUCE DENNILL A Musical / Directed by Owen Lonzar / King David Linksfield, Linksfield, Johannesburg In the only example of misdirection in a hugely impressive amateur school production, a title that couldn’t be more generic suggests a...
By BRUCE DENNILL We Will Rock You / Directed by Nick Winston / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg We Will Rock You is – for those who’ve skipped the memo for the last couple of decades – a musical built around the music of Queen, and relying on those timeless...
