By BRUCE DENNILL The Jungle Book / Directed By Daniel Butcher-Geddes / Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre, Fourways, Johannesburg Bringing an immensely well-known and much-loved story to the stage can have both benefits and challenges. In the...
By BRUCE DENNILL Janice Honeyman’s Beauty And The Beast / Directed by Janice Honeyman / Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein With any beloved tradition – and Joburg Theatre’s annual pantomime is very much that; always one of the best-selling...
By BRUCE DENNILL Prince: The Ultimate Experience 1999 / Directed by John Van Grinsven / Mandela Theatre, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg Tribute shows have the benefit of the original artist’s popularity as a marketing tool and a...
By BRUCE DENNILL Janice Honeyman’s Peter Pan / Directed by Janice Honeyman / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein A return to well-known source material – Janice Honeyman directed different versions of a Peter Pan pantomime in 2007 and 2014 –...
