[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Sarafina! / Directed by Nhlanhla Ngema / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Sarafina!, an original South African musical, was a Broadway success story in...
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Land Acts / Directed by Rob Van Vuuren / Auto & General Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg 7 This piece arrives with a pedigree, being the...
By ROB HOFMEYR The President’s Keepers by Jacques Pauw (Tafelberg) When Jacob Zuma was elevated to president-in-waiting, a columnist consoled readers by opining that Zuma’s “minders” would keep him under control. What we have instead is a president who...
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Evita / Directed by Hal Prince / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg It’s a very different experience watching Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s 1978 musical Evita in...
By BRUCE DENNILL Book Marks / Directed by Allan Kolski Horwitz / AFDA Red Roof Theatre, Milpark, Johannesburg This intimate four-character play is billed as a tragi-comedy, but as it weaves its convoluted way to its conclusion, it leans more towards the...
