Samson: Trying to bring the house down
You can’t study English literature and not have read the Bible, stated Dr Wendy Jacobson a long time ago during an undergrad tutorial. It was a revelation. All those childhood … Read More
Month: June 2019
Profile: Two to Tango has us laughing at ourselves
ADVERTISEMENT It’s a Mike van Graan script, reworked after a decade to incisively cut into the intersection of personal relationships and sociopolitical context we muddle through. In true van Graan … Read More
Metamorphosis: Kafka transformed
Kafka. My man. Existentialism! Yes! Director Alby Michaels and the incomparable cast of William Harding, Ameera Patel, Khutjo Green, and Craig Morris (who choreographed too) do superb justice to The … Read More
Ersatz: The Future is Now but it’s Not Real
Not for a long time have I witnessed something so seemingly simple but deeply effective. Captivating and imaginative in style and form; harrowing in its content. This is Ersatz. Alone, … Read More
Phitlho (The Hidden): Uncover this Gem
A family’s secrets. A family’s shame. Show me a home with no skeletons in the closets and I’ll ask you what trickery is this. Phitlho (The Hidden) is about such … Read More