Ballet Review: Charlie And The Chocolate Factory – Rich Sweetness Or Candy Can-Do

Oct 7, 2024 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Charlie And The Chocolate Factory / Choreography by Mario Gaglione / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   The arrival of a new, original full-length ballet is a huge deal in any context. The sheer amount of work...

Film Reviews: Fantastic Beasts Have Fallen, Or Where To Find Peculiar Children

Dec 22, 2020 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them / Directed by David Yates / PG Fallen / Directed by Scott Hicks / 13V Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children / Directed by Tim Burton / PG  ...

Theatre Review: Matilda The Musical – Honorable Minchin, Or Precocious Perfection

Oct 24, 2018 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Matilda: The Musical / Directed by Matthew Warchus (Resident Director Anton Luitingh) / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways   Tim Minchin is a flame-haired Austalian pianist, comedian,...

Film Reviews: Giant Eyes, Or Take Care, Barber

Mar 8, 2018 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   The BFG / Directed by Steven Spielberg / PG                                         8.5 Eye In The Sky / Directed by Gavin Hood / 13PGV                                 8.5 Barbershop:...

Seen And Heard: The Best Of 2015

Dec 28, 2015 | ARTiculate

By BRUCE DENNILL   The below music, literature, film, TV and theatre may not have been created or originally released during 2015, but it was only at some point during this year that I was able to see it, hear it or read it. In all cases, I count myself lucky to...