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BWW Reviews: The Fugard's ROCKY HORROR SHOW an Astounding Experience
Featuring some top notch production values and a vivacious cast, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW will prove popular with both long-time fans of the show as well as those who are seeing it for the first time....
BWW Reviews: Nothing Much to See in A TOWN CALLED FOKOL LUTHO
On paper, A TOWN CALLED FOKOL LUTHO looks as though it should work, but some appealing songs and a few chuckles aside, the show falls short of what it aspires to be: an engaging and memorable musical comedy that holds its own in the local musical theatre scene....
BWW Reviews: Delicate and Moving THE YEAR OF THE BICYCLE
Together with a pair of compelling performers, Joanna Evans has created a moving reflection of the things that draw us together as human beings, as well as of those that tear us apart in THE YEAR OF THE BICYCLE....
BWW Reviews: Disappointing Adaptation of THE SNOW GOOSE Needs a Rethink
The KBT production of THE SNOW GOOSE arrives with a yoke of great expectations around its neck. Based on Paul Gallico's classic novella, this reworking does not live up to the expectations placed upon it, missing out on much of what made Gallico's story so effective in the first place....
BWW Reviews: Promising CELLARDOOR Less Than the Sum of Its Parts
CELLARDOOR has all the makings of a superb piece of physical theatre: a great concept; a seductive soundscape; and the conceptualisation of the piece as a meeting point for dance, the spoken word, music and visual design elements....
BWW Reviews: Schizophrenic LENNY Needs Greater Clarity
Is LENNY AND THE WASTELAND a crackerjack of a play for tween boys about friendship, the dangers of technology and the importance of preserving our environment? Or is it a piece for Generation Z comic book fans with social commentary about human reliance on technology and deviant sexual fantasies?...
BWW Reviews: Astounding EPICENE BUTCHER is a Must-See
Experiencing THE EPICENE BUTCHER AND OTHER STORIES FOR CONSENTING ADULTS reminded me of the power of the medium of storytelling. By turns moving and hysterical, and never less than completely absorbing, this show is a must-see....
BWW Reviews: BIRDMAN Perched and Ready to Take Flight
Marc Kay's BIRDMAN is a solid piece of work, with some beautiful passages of words and several well-crafted key moments, but still needs some fine-tuning to become the transcendent theatrical experience it so clearly aims to be....
BWW Reviews: Supple Writing and Sympathetic Performances in THE THINGS YOU LEFT BEHIND
As a contemporary South African play, THE THINGS YOU LEFT BEHIND could have a great deal to offer to a wide cross-section of audiences. Potgieter's writing elevates the rather mundane affair of a break-up by allowing it to be a vehicle that offers insight into contemporary life, class and culture....
BWW Reviews: Lots of Laughs in Play Club's LEND ME A TENOR
This month's Play Club offering was a reading of Ken Ludwig's masterful farce, LEND ME A TENOR, a play that is crafted explicitly for the purpose of entertainment, which was very much the order of the day at this reading of the play....
BWW Reviews: KickstArt Gets Clever and Kinky with VENUS IN FUR
In Christopher Hampton's LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, Rosamonde says 'The only thing which might surprise one is how little the world changes.' This is certainly one thought that comes to mind upon viewing David Ives's VENUS IN FUR....
BWW Reviews: Room for Doubt in Sugar-Daddy's LADY LUCK at the Intimate Theatre
The Sugar-daddy Theatre Company's production of LADY LUCK is a pretty bleak affair. Relentlessly nihilistic, the play is set in Cape Town's seedy underbelly, a world in which exotic dancers mingle with mobsters and where loan sharks circle their unfortunate prey....
BWW Reviews: UCT Drama's UNONQAWUSE a Game of Two Halves
What is presented in UNONGQAWUSE, THE GIRL WHO KILLED TO SAVE is the seed of a brilliantly revisionist production of Dhlomo's dramatization of this most disturbing chapter of South African history....
BWW Reviews: Engrossing THE AGONY AND ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS from Cape Town's Play Club
Play Club is a relatively new initiative in Cape Town, a book club for theatre lovers with the aim of building a sense of community within the local arts scene. With THE AGONY AND ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS, Play Club is well on the way to achieving their goal....
BWW Reviews: Power of SANTA'S STORY Diluted by Sentimentality and Nostalgia
The experience of SANTA'S STORY as a theatrical performance is thought-provoking, not only in regard to its subject matter but also as an exercise in theatre-making. While the story clearly deals with meaningful issues and ideas, the production handles them in all too pedestrian a fashion....
BWW Reviews: Evocative MIRAKEL a Tribute to the Legacy of Reza de Wet
With De Wet's death from leukaemia last year still fresh in the minds of South African theatremakers, the opportunity to see her work on stage is the ultimate tribute to a playwright who was known for her richly imaginative and deeply haunting work....
BWW Reviews: UCT Drama's LA RONDE Doesn't Quite Square the Circle
While everything does not quite come together in UCT Drama's production of LA RONDE, the production is still rewarding, with several moments in which the play springs vividly to life....
BWW Reviews: BETWEEN Startles and Unsettles at Alexander Upstairs
That most intimate of Capetonian theatre venues, the Alexander Upstairs, is currently home to the professional premiere in South Africa of Oskar Brown's play BETWEEN, an intense exploration of human relationships, heartbreak, heartache, love, lust and social performance....
BWW Reviews: Provocative BROTHERS IN BLOOD at the Artscape Arena
BROTHERS IN BLOOD is one of those plays that arrives with a distinguished pedigree thanks to a strong production history, while also owing a great deal to Mike van Graan's reputation as a self-styled cultural activist....
BWW Reviews: Light-Hearted Fun in Pieter Toerien and KickstArt's DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER
DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER makes for a good night of light-hearted fun. The play does not demand much of its audience, simply that you go along for the ride....
BWW Reviews: Champion Comedy in The Fugard's CHAMP
Currently playing a season at The Fugard Theatre, CHAMP is an outrageous comedy that pulls no punches....
BWW Reviews: THE SPINSTER - Challenging and Emotive Theatre at Alexander Upstairs
Somewhere between the traditional feminine archetypes of maiden, mother and crone, there lurk other types of women. In THE SPINSTER, Kyla Davis presents one of these othered figures, challenging the audience's generalised perceptions of old maids and loose women through the story of a person who has...
BWW Reviews: New 'MASTER HAROLD' Production at the Fugard Packs an Emotional Punch
This new production of 'MASTER HAROLD'... AND THE BOYS, directed by Kim Kerfoot, illuminates the material well, not only in its relevance to South Africa's past, but also in its significance to the country's current situation....
BWW Reviews: VOICES MADE NIGHT Ignites the Passions of the Heart
'Our passions are kindled when the fuse to our heart is lit.' These words are an accurate description of what happens during VOICES MADE NIGHT, a revival and revisal of one of Magnet Theatre's many physical theatre productions....
BWW Reviews: Young Dancers the Highlight of DESTINATION... LERATO
DESTINATION... LERATO is a mixed bag, but there are several highlights in the hour-long performance....
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