The decorations are going up in the shops and the Christmas carols are a-carolling … a prickle of pre- Christmas excitement ran through the audience at the @JoburgTheatre this week as the PANTO came to town! Writer/director @JaniceHoneyman has been making magic for 38 years with her pantomime productions and this year’s “little toy boy” […]
Sometimes it pays to go to an opening night of a show a few hours early (just to avoid the traffic) and actually get to see the process behind a production. The final run through Instead of walking aimlessly around Montecasino I slipped unnoticed into the back seats of the Pieter Toerien Theatre for the […]
Down to earth and unassuming, with an astonishing past in the glittering world of fashion behind her, South African creative Josie Borain has completely reforged her path in life. After growing up in Johannesburg she became THE Calvin Klein model in the 80s and early 90s. Her lean, bronzed androgynous look shaped an entire generation […]
The raunchy theatrical potency of “Chicago the Musical” owes its enduring appeal to the signature genius of its original choreographer Bob Fosse, whose jazzy style became the blueprint for all future productions, as well as Kander and Ebb’s smash hit collaborative score. Strangely enough the original production in 1975 wasn’t the success it is today. […]
A new “Joseph” for a new generation The latest production by Pieter Toerien Productions and LAMTA – Luitingh Alexander Musical Theatre Academy of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre & Studio at Montecasino was an absolute treat, being a refreshing, exciting modern take on an enduring classic. Not […]
“The architecture of a city begins when you look upwards” This was quoted to me as being by Gerald Manley Hopkins – although I have never found any evidence of it being by him! Nevertheless, it’s a sentence that encapsulates a world of difference in perspective from common street level. When one walks around the […]
