Theatre Review: Beauty In The Broken – Young, At Heart, Or Poetry Post Pain
By BRUCE DENNILL Beauty In The Broken / Directed by Maralin Vanrenen / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg Gaynor Young is a byword for two things in South African theatre: tragedy (when considering the horrific fall into an open pit on...
Music Review: Striking A Chord – Vox With Pops, Or Relative Keys
By BRUCE DENNILL Striking A Chord / Musical direction by Johan Heystek / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg The Covid lockdown was not good for much, but it did provide the impetus for many creative people to share their talents with...
Theatre Review: The Dumb Waiter – Incremental Descent, Or Slow Suspense
By BRUCE DENNILL The Dumb Waiter / Directed by Aidan Scott / Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg Being aware that this play, like many of Harold Pinter’s works, is classified as ‘Theatre of the Absurd’, means that what unfolds on stage...
