Review: OTHELLO at the Baxter Theatre Centre Is a Relevant Retelling of the Classic Tragedy
by Jaime Uranovsky - April 13, 2024
Shakespeare’s OTHELLO, written in the early 1600s, predates traditional notions of decoloniality and, arguably, colonialism itself. Nonetheless, it is a text that, some contend, contains a built-in decolonial perspective or, at the very least, lends itself to be staged through this lens....
Review: MAMMA MIA is an ABBA-solutely fantastic time!
by Faeron Wheeler - April 01, 2024
I am so glad I got to catch MAMMA MIA here in Cape Town. This cast is brilliant - you will have an ABBA-solutely fantastic time, you will want to get up and be the Dancing Queen, and you will certainly be saying 'thank you for the music' by the end of the show....
Review: THE GOOD DAD/ DIE GOEIE PA Is Riveting, Raw and Redemptive
by Jaime Uranovsky - March 12, 2024
I knew going into THE GOOD DAD that this production was not going to make for easy watching. And it doesn’t. The subject matter is rough and audience members should know that sexual abuse and rape are prominent topics in this piece of theatre. That being said, the piece is superb and should not be m...
Review: LUNGS at Theatre On The Bay is Like a Runaway Train You Want to Be On
by Faeron Wheeler - February 17, 2024
Duncan MacMillan’s play LUNGS has been described as 'off-kilter' and 'brutally honest' - and that's exactly what you get with this production. It races forward at a gallop as the pair on stage move through their relationship. There's an element of a runaway train to the pace, but it's a train I want...