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,...
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...
By BRUCE DENNILL Finding Rosetta / Directed by William le Cordeur / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg With playwright Paul Slabolepszy have a prolific period of late, even by his own high standards, Finding Rosetta follows fairly...
By BRUCE DENNILL Saturday Night At The Palace / Directed by Albert Maritz / Lesedi, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg There’s a psychologist’s aphorism that says “hurt people hurt people”. The truth behind that saying is evident...
By BRUCE DENNILL Fordsburg’s Finest / Directed by Bobby Heaney / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Written in 1996 and recently updated by its playwright and star Paul Slabolepszy, Fordsburg’s Finest does not – unfortunately – feel...
