Jun 18, 2026 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Midnight In Parys / Directed by Bobby Heaney / Studio, Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg There is often that feeling, among observers of art, that lauded creations are both simpler and less rich than...
Feb 23, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Bitter Winter / Directed by Lesedi Job / Studio, Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways Given the theme of this play – the cruelty a competitive industry (in this case, theatre specifically and entertainment in general)...
Jan 25, 2025 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL Paul Slabolepszy’s new play Bitter Winter, which pays poignant tribute to South African Theatre, will premier at Pieter Toerien’s Studio Theatre at Montecasino in February. Slabolepszy, the recent recipient of a Naledi Lifetime...
May 16, 2024 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL The Return Of Elvis Du Pisanie / Directed by Paul Slabolepszy / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre This one-hander, first staged in 1992 starring its writer and the director of this production Paul Slabolepszy in the title role,...
May 13, 2024 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL The Return Of Elvis Du Pisanie, written and directed by Paul Slabolepszy and starring Ashley Dowds was first performed in 1992. It tells the story of Eddie du Pisanie (played by Slabolepszy in the original and Dowds in this year’s...
