Festival Review: Redhill Arts Festival – Sunday Sessions, Or Stages Of Enjoyment

Aug 7, 2024 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Redhill Arts Festival / Redhill School, Morningside   The Village On Oval SundayFest: Jesse Clegg The music festival aspect of RedFest, which included a festival-style market (that is to say, one with stalls where you could buy bath...

Festival Review: RedFest 2019 – Intellect And Imagination, Or Selling The Drama

Oct 11, 2019 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   RedFest 2019 / 4-5 October / Redhill School, Morningside, Johannesburg   For a Johannesburg-based arts fan, getting to festivals that offer a good mix of theatrical and other...

Theatre Interview: Joseph Gerassi – Redfest, Or The Art Of Education

Sep 17, 2019 | ARTicle

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Joseph Gerassi, Executive Head of Redhill School, is a man who believes in the value of art in education. Four years ago, he came up with the idea of RedFest, an arts festival hosted...

Theatre Review: Legally Blonde – An Elle Of A Story, Or Seeing The Woods For The Fees

Apr 2, 2019 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Legally Blonde / Directed by Sharon Spiegel-Wagner / Redhill School, Sandton, Johannesburg   This production of Legally Blonde had some hurdles to overcome up front. Some in-house...

Music Review: Redfest Unplugged – Ebony And Urbani, Or Rock And Role Model

Oct 1, 2018 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Unplugged At Redfest / Directed by Angie Mullins / Redhill School                  6   “Dominant 7” is a fairly in-your-face name for a high school jazz band. Clever chord...