By BRUCE DENNILL The Ugly Noo Noo / Directed by Janet Buckland / Mannie Manim Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown, Johannesburg There has to be something in a piece – particularly a one-man show – for it to make a similar impact to its debut run when...
By BRUCE DENNILL A Vegan Killed My Marriage / Directed by Craig Freimond / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg In terms of both its title and its poster art, A Vegan Killed My Marriage looks like a themed stand-up comedy set by Aaron...
By BRUCE DENNILL Firefly / Directed by Toni Morkel / Flipside, Baxter Theatre, Cape Town Some stories, and the way they are told, are difficult to explain. Not because they are vague or told in an obtuse manner, but because they are about tone and movement and...
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL NSA Festival of the Arts 2020: Scout / Directed by Mike da Silva / Space.com, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg This is an interesting work, devised by the cast in association...
By BRUCE DENNILL The title of Alan Committie’s new one-man show, The Sound Of Laughter, turns out to be a prophecy that’s fulfilled early on in the piece, when the belly laughs arrive unexpectedly close to the beginning of the show, during a stint...
