Theatre Review: Peter Pan – Pirated Patterns, Or A Successful Smee Campaign

Nov 8, 2023 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Janice Honeyman’s Peter Pan / Directed by Janice Honeyman / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein   A return to well-known source material – Janice Honeyman directed different versions of a Peter Pan pantomime in 2007 and 2014 –...

Theatre Review: Janice Honeyman’s Adventures In Pantoland – Fused Fairytales, Or Joie De Vivid

Nov 22, 2022 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Janice Honeyman’s Adventures In Pantoland / Directed by Janice Honeyman / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   For the occasion of Joburg Theatre’s 60th anniversary (and, remarkably, executive producer Bernard...

Theatre Review: Peter Pan On Ice – A Story That Never Gets Old, Or Cynicism Scotched

Dec 15, 2019 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Imperial Ice Stars: Peter Pan On Ice / Artistic Director: Tony Mercer / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg.   Staging any classic story on ice – be it a version of a...

Film Reviews: Barely Pan, Or Lethal Education

Apr 10, 2018 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Barely Lethal / Directed by Kyle Newman / 13DL                   6 Pan / Directed by Joe Wright / PGV                                         7   There are a number of films that...

Concert Review: Yusuf Cat Stevens – Nothing Has Broken, Or Stories Sung Sweetly

Nov 11, 2017 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Yusuf Cat Stevens / TicketPro Dome, Randburg, Johannesburg / 8 November 2017   Cat Stevens has had one of music’s more storied careers, having begun his career over half a century...