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Profile: Castaways – Hitting the sweet spot

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

La Ronde serves up the sexual merry-go-round

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

Month: February 2019

Cape Town Gig Guide: Woza!
Gig Guide

Cape Town Gig Guide: Woza!

Steve Kretzmann 25th February 2019

Your curated guide to getting out the house between 26 Feb and 5 March The year’s shortest paycheque month is here. Whoohoo! So don’t try and do what the capitalists … Read More

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Deer Park Café: neighbourhood gem
Food

Deer Park Café: neighbourhood gem

Steve Kretzmann 25th February 2019

On the steepening slopes of Table Mountain’s southern flank, dappled by the shade of towering iconic century-old stone pines which intersperse the view over the city to the harbour, sits … Read More

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Gig Guide: Valentine’s and shit
Gig Guide

Gig Guide: Valentine’s and shit

Steve Kretzmann 14th February 2019

   15 – 23 FEBRUARY:  An assortment of reasons to get out the house at night, and sometimes during the day. Valentine’s weekend dates: If you like your Valentine’s bloody, … Read More

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The Mars Room: Of guilt and circumstance
Literature Reviews

The Mars Room: Of guilt and circumstance

Contributor 14th February 2019

The Mars Room is as moving as it is disturbing. Flung into a world where you feel empathy for cold-blooded killers, in the next breath you feel complete contempt for … Read More

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Sainthood: Back to school
Reviews Theatre

Sainthood: Back to school

Steve Kretzmann 11th February 2019

While boys’ schools promise to instil pride and passion and integrity and tradition, along with independent thought, a light has been shone on numerous incidents within the closeted classrooms, playing … Read More

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Hedda Gabler: Signposted to the end

Steve Kretzmann 18th May 2025Comment on Hedda Gabler: Signposted to the end

From the start, as Rolanda Marais enters in black lycra shorts, black stiletto heels, black blazer, and covered head to heel in a black veil, it was clear what we … Read More

Theatre

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

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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

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

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Spin Cycles: A hill to climb

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Mother City gig guide: Faustus returns

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