“Which musical would you like to see when you visit London?”Each year B spoils me in this way.“Les Miserables“, I said without hesitation. “It’s strange, B, I know the songs off…
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Musical Politics!
I love theatre! I love drama, comedy, dance and musicals. Theatres that are rapidly filling up for a performance of a musical are entrancing. The audience, waiting with mounting anticipation…
Read MoreMy Funny Girls!
Funny Girl. How I wanted to see this show. It was playing in Cape Town at the Fugard Theatre and three of my friends, Diane Wilson, Michelle Maxwell and Kate…
Read MoreFinding Nemo!
The young school boy looked around the new Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre. He bounced on his seat. Yeah, the seats were great. His mother gave him a warning look. The lights…
Read MoreAlive & Open!!!
I sat there that evening with a wide open heart. The Lyric Theatre is such a beautiful space. A red and gold room that carries an elegance all it’s own.…
Read More“All the World’s a Stage……..”
Joy of all joys, every Christmas we went to the Christmas pantomime! John Moss put on a yearly panto and the delight, laughter, shouts of enthusiastic children that the Playhouse…
Read MoreTo Be or not to Be?
To most people, Bob Martin, instantly draws up the image of vitamin tablets for dogs. But before he retired, to everyone in the South African theatre business, Bob Martin conjured…
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