Comedy Review: Mark Banks – Mask About Face, Or Magnanimous Mania

Mar 6, 2022 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Mark Banks: Mask About Face // Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg   It’s pointless trying to predict what will happen in a Mark Banks show – his poster shoutlines are punny...

Comedy Review: The Thunderbirds – The Disaster Hen Party, Or Cackles In Triplicate

Dec 21, 2019 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   The Thunderbirds: The Disaster Hen Party / Beefcakes, Illovo, Johannesburg   The Thunderbirds are comedians Claudine Ullman, Nina Hastie and Gili Apter, combining their...

Comedy Review: Claudine Ullman – Artificial Infemination, Or Colossal Comic Commitment

Sep 30, 2019 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Claudine Ullman: Artificial Infemination / Dunkelder Teater, Dunkeld, Johannesburg   There is little point in having any expectations when watching a performance of Claudine...

Film Reviews: Nobody’s Died Laughing In The State Of America

Sep 2, 2019 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Trevor Noah: Welcome To America (PG) Loyiso Gola: State Of The Nation (16L) Nobody’s Died Laughing: A Journey With Pieter-Dirk Uys (PG)   Even his established fans were surprised...

Comedy Review: Stuart Taylor – Funny, You Should Say That: Unembellished Amusement, Or Still More Mr Nice Guy

Oct 27, 2018 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Stuart Taylor – Funny, You Should Say That / Directed by Rob Van Vuuren / Auto & General Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg   Cape Town comic Stuart Taylor is one of...