Theatre Review: Sinbad The Sailor – Entertainment On Sail, Or Whirl Around A Pearl

Dec 11, 2022 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   Sinbad The Sailor / Directed by Steven Stead / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways   With traditional versions of any kind of art often being challenged by new or updated options as part of bids to attract or evolve new audiences (Bored...

Theatre Review: Into The Woods – Can’t See The Good For The Trees, Or Of Dandies, Darkness And Destiny

Mar 10, 2019 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   Into The Woods / Directed by Steven Stead / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg   When casting around for source material for a musical, there’s not much...

Theatre Review: Puss In Boots

Jul 4, 2017 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL   Puss In Boots / Directed by Steven Stead / Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City, Johannesburg   For Johannesburg audiences, the pantomime has long been a once-a-year festive season family treat at the Joburg Theatre (and this year’s offering in...

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...

Theatre Review: Little Shop Of HorrorsA+ For B-Grade, Or Lock, Schlock And Barrel

Aug 11, 2015 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL   Little Shop Of Horrors / Directed by Steven Stead / Pieter Torien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways   There’s something about cult musicals that suggests audiences should expect manic entertainment rather than genuine craft. If that turns...