By BRUCE DENNILL Sherlock Holmes And The Curse Of The Queen’s Diamond / Directed by Alan Swerdlow / Studio Theatre, Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Some folks may feel a tad Sherlock Holmesed out. Between Robert Downey Jr’s...
By BRUCE DENNILL Bohemian Rhapsody / Directed by Alan Swerdlow / Studio, Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Queen’s greatest single musical legacy, Bohemian Rhapsody – the song – remains at or near the top of annual “Best Songs...
By BRUCE DENNILL Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street / Directed by Steven Stead / Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre, Johannesburg This Pieter Torien and KickstArt production of Sweeney Todd begins with a clever sequence in which, during the...
By BRUCE DENNILL Pythonesque / Directed by Alan Swerdlow / Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre Playwright Roy Smiles’ affectionate homage to Monty Python has received a polishing and a tweak or three since its last run in South Africa in 2008, and...
By BRUCE DENNILL Constellations / Directed by Alan Swerdlow / The Studio, Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre It takes two to tango. In any relationship, there are a string of decisions made by each partner which influence the decisions made by the other...
