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Theatre Review: Othello – Cruelty In Cruise Control, Or Success In The Dark Arts

Theatre Review: Othello – Cruelty In Cruise Control, Or Success In The Dark Arts

Jun 1, 2025 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Othello / Directed by Claire Mortimer / UJ Arts Centre, Auckland Park, Johannesburg   Durban company ThinkTheatre has, for many years, produced high-quality productions of the Shakespeare plays prescribed as setworks in South...
Theatre Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Wit In The Woods, Or An Absolute Dream Of A Show

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

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

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

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...
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Bruce Dennill is a BASA/National Arts Festival Arts Writing Awards Silvear Award winner (Opinion and Features), a South African Music Awards judge and a recording artist. His first play, the pocket musical Actress,for which he wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the script, was the recipient of a Broadway World South Africa Award for Best New Play Or Musical and a Naledi Theatre Award for Best Lead Actress In A Musical (Talia Kodesh).
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