By BRUCE DENNILL Zip Zap Circus: Moya / Artistic Director: Brent Van Rensburg / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg The value of joy as an outcome of theatre is underappreciated. Moya, happily, is a production that reminds audiences of how...
By BRUCE DENNILL Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story / Directed by Nick Winston / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways Buddy is not the biggest musical in the world – after all, its hero died aged only 22 (if that’s a spoiler, this may not be the show for you),...
By BRUCE DENNILL We Will Rock You / Directed by Nick Winston / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways, Johannesburg We Will Rock You is – for those who’ve skipped the memo for the last couple of decades – a musical built around the music of Queen, and relying on those timeless...
By BRUCE DENNILL An Intimate Evening With Gregory Porter / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways Sub-genre titles often feel like some in publicity trying to fill space without being terribly sure of what they’re talking about. But in Gregory Porter’s...
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...
