King Kong: a remarkable history of SA's most famous stage play
After almost 60 years, the production of King Kong returns to SA stages
THEATRE: Tannie Evita heads to Montecasino
Evita Bezuidenhout and the Kaktus of Separate Development promises a laugh a minute, and answers to some prickly questions
Shrek gives a kickstart
A small independent theatre company in Durban has struck it big at the Naledi Theatre Awards
THEATRE: Retro musicals rule the roost
But even global smash hits are no guarantee of commercial success in SA
Taking centre stage with Jonathan Roxmouth
Jonathan Roxmouth plays the lead role of Tony in the Fugard Theatre’s production of West Side Story. He spoke to Christina Kennedy
Hedwig and the Angry Inch: A question of belonging
A heartwarming, heartbreaking exposition of sex and gender
A Sarajevo love story
An intimate, moving and sometimes brutally unsettling tale of forbidden love — a Romeo and Juliet of the post-Cold War era
Theatre: New reality
The revelations that the play Mosali Eo U ’Neileng Eena (The Woman That You Have Given Me) throws up at the non-Sesotho-speaking viewer, but its significance ...
Athol Fugard is back
Debbie Hathway talks to Athol Fugard about his latest play, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, prior to its SA premiere
Pay Back the Curry!
The piece requires Daniel Richards to play 24 characters in a commentary on what is happening in SA now, how power manifests not just in politics or economics ...
Theatre: I Love you, You're Perfect, Now Change
Deep down we all want the same things out of life: to love and be loved, to have a purpose, writes Debbie Hathway
Theatre: Firebird
One recognises this sentiment — this conception of the child as a 'giant' — from Ingrid Jonker’s poem Die Kind which Nelson Mandela famously included in his ...
Challenging notions of African masculinity
Morwa the Rising Son, directed and performed by Tefo Paya, addresses the complexities of masculine identity, as well as the complex nature of gender, through ...
National Arts Festival: Focus on women
With the focus on women at this year’s festival, Christina Kennedy spoke to some of the main players about their productions
Mirroring reality: The President's Man
SA’s Tarantino, Mpumelelo Paul Grootboom, talks to Christina Kennedy about his new playThe President’s Man
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
The allure of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat is unfathomable, because by any objective analysis it’s not a terribly good musical, writes ...