Feb 28, 2022 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Music Of The Night / Musical director: Clifford Cooper / Centurion Theatre, Pretoria As a composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber is not to everyone’s taste, but he is an excellent choice for a cabaret-style ensemble show because of a something his body...
Sep 26, 2019 | chART
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Jonathan Roxmouth: Lenny Andrew Steve And Me / Accompanied by Rowan Bakker / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Between stints in the title role of the...
Nov 12, 2017 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Pinocchio – The Ultimate Pantomime Adventure / Directed by Janice Honeyman / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Janice Honeyman’s has now directed 30 pantomimes, presented in an almost unbroken progression since...
Apr 8, 2016 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL Other than a cup of what is presumably coffee, Josh Groban makes no concessions to fatigue after a full day’s travel from Los Angeles, via Heathrow, to Johannesburg. His chatty, friendly stage persona is shown to be an extension of his...
Sep 19, 2015 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Jonathan Roxmouth: From The Footlights / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg It must be said up front that, in the South African theatre context, mounting a solo show in a 1 700-seat venue takes enormous, steel-plated gonads,...
