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Profile: Castaways – Hitting the sweet spot

Profile: Khongolose Khommanding Khomissars – The khorrupt get their just desserts

Hedda Gabler: Signposted to the end

A Doll’s House, Part 2: Hard act to follow

Spin Cycles: A hill to climb

Mother City gig guide: Faustus returns

The Meat Room: Bushveldt thriller guts apartheid’s twilight

Month: October 2017

The Blue Period of Milton van der Spuy: White man’s blues
Reviews Theatre

The Blue Period of Milton van der Spuy: White man’s blues

Steve Kretzmann 5th October 2017

It must have been deep into 1991 when an ou called James Phillips made my head explode. I actually didn’t know it was James ’cause on his elpee he called … Read More

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Tswalo: Mystical made manifest
Dance Reviews Theatre

Tswalo: Mystical made manifest

Steve Kretzmann 3rd October 2017

The cycle of birth, life and death is a rather large theme to tackle in a performance. Although, at the same time, perhaps the simplest. All encompassing, yet something each … Read More

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Cape Town Fringe: Last stretch gig guide
Dance Music Opinion Theatre

Cape Town Fringe: Last stretch gig guide

Steve Kretzmann 1st October 2017

If it’s just sinking in that the Cape Town Fringe is happening. That’s okay, we love you anyway. It’s also okay because, although a lot of shows have been and … Read More

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Cape Town Fringe: Get experienced
Opinion

Cape Town Fringe: Get experienced

Steve Kretzmann 1st October 2017

This is the fourth year of the fringe but this time around it’s a whole new beast. The CBD-centric programme is gone and in its stead shows are spread across … Read More

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A Doll’s House, Part 2: Hard act to follow

Steve Kretzmann 5th May 2025Comment on A Doll’s House, Part 2: Hard act to follow

Rejecting her husband’s disparagement, Nora Helmer walks out the door, leaving him and two small children behind. That was the final scene of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, first performed … Read More

Theatre

Spin Cycles: A hill to climb

Steve Kretzmann 1st March 2025Comment on Spin Cycles: A hill to climb

Of course Jamie-Lee Money is on a stationary bike at the start of the show, it’s the premise of her one-hander, spelled out in the title: Spin Cycles. For the … Read More

Gig Guide

Mother City gig guide: Faustus returns

Steve Kretzmann 27th February 2025Comment on Mother City gig guide: Faustus returns

All we want to say is: billionaires, like Musk and his fellow Trump bootlickers, must just vokof to Mars. Also: having a good time while being kind is an act … Read More

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The Meat Room: Bushveldt thriller guts apartheid’s twilight

Steve Kretzmann 20th December 2024Comment on The Meat Room: Bushveldt thriller guts apartheid’s twilight

The fourth sentence is cliched and the second sentence has a contradiction in the tenses. This is the kind of thing that happens when you have to self publish because … Read More

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Steve Kretzmann 18th May 2025

Hedda Gabler: Signposted to the end

Steve Kretzmann 5th May 2025

A Doll’s House, Part 2: Hard act to follow

Steve Kretzmann 1st March 2025

Spin Cycles: A hill to climb

Steve Kretzmann 27th February 2025

Mother City gig guide: Faustus returns

Steve Kretzmann 20th December 2024

The Meat Room: Bushveldt thriller guts apartheid’s twilight

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