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Profile: Castaways – Hitting the sweet spot

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

e.ID: a fugue – such great hope inside

Archives, algorithms, and attention: NAF 2026

Festival Fringe: The last weekend

National Arts Festival: Fringe roundup, day 7

Fest Fringe Day 6 roundup

Tag: Gerard Bester

Sometimes I Have To Lean In…: smart, funny, unexpected
Dance Reviews

Sometimes I Have To Lean In…: smart, funny, unexpected

Sarah Roberson 9th March 2018

Alan Parker and Gerard Bester have crafted a journey that spans thirty years. A journey that has us laughing at first and eventually doing that slow nodding-in-agreement thing at a … Read More

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Reviews Theatre

Cenotaph of Dan wa Moriri: A masterpiece presented to empty seats

Mike Loewe 6th July 2016

Staged before, well-reviewed and positively talked about, why were there only about eleven of us in the audience to watch this sensitively rendered production? It seems both sad and a … Read More

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Reviews

Honest elegy

Steve Kretzmann 7th July 2015

Sentimentality is a danger that lurks ever present in a play about a deceased father, ready to clutch at the performance and smother it to its chest. It is a … Read More

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National Arts Festival

Archives, algorithms, and attention: NAF 2026

Sam Van Heerden 13th July 2026Comment on Archives, algorithms, and attention: NAF 2026

Shows on the Main (now called the Curated Programme) looked searchingly at the unfinished past and anxiously towards the digital future. Across the programme, one question lingered: where do we … Read More

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Festival Fringe: The last weekend

Contributor 4th July 2026Comment on Festival Fringe: The last weekend

Today’s the last chance to get your festival fill Neurospicey: A energetic and refreshingly original production that blends stand-up comedy, live music, and personal storytelling into a hilarious and heartfelt … Read More

National Arts Festival

National Arts Festival: Fringe roundup, day 7

Contributor 2nd July 2026Comment on National Arts Festival: Fringe roundup, day 7

The Critter’s Fringe pick from the day is the virtuosity of Saxophonist Josie McClure and pianist Seung-Ree Lee in That’s the Way it Goes. Isibane: A deeply moving musical performance … Read More

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Fest Fringe Day 6 roundup

Contributor 2nd July 2026Comment on Fest Fringe Day 6 roundup

Enyobeni is our Fringe pick right now. Enyobeni: Now we’re talking.  We are taken into the many homes of KuGompo, witnessing the lives of young, vibrant, mischievous, and daring students … Read More

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David Mann 21st August 2026

e.ID: a fugue – such great hope inside

Sam Van Heerden 13th July 2026

Archives, algorithms, and attention: NAF 2026

Contributor 4th July 2026

Festival Fringe: The last weekend

Contributor 2nd July 2026

National Arts Festival: Fringe roundup, day 7

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Fest Fringe Day 6 roundup

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