The Ugly Noo Noo: Astounding cricket capers remain contemporary
There were probably few, if any, people who, when they gave The Ugly Noo Noo a standing ovation in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, thought it could be even … Read More
Tag: Andrew Buckland
Firefly: Evanescent beauty
The N1 is a long road, dry too, mostly. Although recently there’s green in those Free State grasses and on the peppercorn koppies. Grass even in the Karoo, faded blonde … Read More
Playwright profile: Will Harding the aesthete
South African theatre does not have a strong literary tradition. Most of the work we see on our stages are workshopped or devised, which is a method at which we … Read More
Critter goes Dutch at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival
There’s a bunch of bloody brilliant South Africans performing two plays at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival, an 11-day celebration of innovative theatre in the city of bicycles, canals, and good-looking … Read More
On ‘Tobacco’, and its cure for the heart
Hesitantly proceeding onto the stage, fumbling with a wooden crate containing his briefcase, in a manner that depicts a nervousness so ingrained it’s become a way of life, Ivan walks … Read More