Aug 11, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Namaste Bae: Blessings And Kombucha / Directed by Louw Venter / Hilton Arts Festival: Memorial Hall, Hilton College Namaste Bae is one of several characters comedian and actor Rob Van Vuuren has developed after a (probably)...
Jul 12, 2025 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Conrad Koch and Chester Missing: Puppet Power / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg It’s a mark of success for a ventriloquist when his puppets become as well known – ore even more so – than the performer...
Aug 30, 2024 | chART
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...
Aug 28, 2023 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL Pieter-Dirk Uys: Sell-By Date / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Evita Bezuidenhout is back on stage in this show, along with many of your other older characters. For some audience members, that...
Aug 26, 2023 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL My Fellow South Africans / Directed by Mike Van Graan, Rob Van Vuuren and Daniel Mpilo Richards / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg A satirical review comprising back-to-back skits performed with barely a break to...
