Theatre Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Wit In The Woods, Or An Absolute Dream Of A Show

Nov 11, 2023 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Directed by Geoffrey Hyland / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg   In a theatre calendar populated with classic hits (The Sound Of Music and Mamma Mia are both returning soon for...

Theatre Interview: Mark Elderkin – Midsummer Night’s Dream, Or Getting To The Bottom Of A Role

Nov 3, 2023 | ARTicle

By BRUCE DENNILL   Presented by the Maynardville Open-Air Festival, in association with VR Theatrical, A Midsummer Night’s Dream weaves a tale of love-struck couples, eccentric actors, and mischievous fairies. The play blurs the line between reality and...

Theatre Review: Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars – Comrades On Cahoots, Or Satire Stretched

Aug 5, 2023 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Khongolose Khommanding Khommissars / Directed by Billy Langa & Mahlatsi Mokgonyana / John Kani Theatre, Market Theatre, Newtown, Johannesburg   The Market Theatre has been the de facto home of struggle theatre in South Africa...

Theatre Review: Kunene And The King – Sister Act, Or Of Care, Cancer And Culture

Jun 14, 2022 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL Kunene And The King / Directed by Janice Honeyman / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   The Mandela theatre is well known for hosting big extravaganzas – the annual pantomime and regular Joburg Ballet productions, for...

Theatre Review: Hip Hop Hamlet – Nothing Rotten, Or Deciding Who Should Take The Rap

Apr 19, 2020 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL NSA Festival Of The Arts 2020: Hip Hop Hamlet / Directed & adapted by Laine Butler & Johan Anker / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg   Any updating or...