Arts journalist focusing on leisure and entertainment news, views, reviews and interviews in South Africa, with an emphasis on what is hot and happening in KwaZulu-Natal.
BILLY SUTER chats to Mango Groove’s Claire Johnston about the band’s new album, her fears, and stomping her foot hard on the foot of SA’s queen of musicals, Joan Brickhill. … More Claire and the Mango Groove jols
BILLY SUTER reviews “Divas Around the World”, featuring Cat Simoni on vocals, piano, sax and guitar. The final Durban performance is at 2pm on Sunday, May 7. … More Saluting the great divas
BILLY SUTER chats to singer-musician Stuart Mey, of Durban’s Dockyard Theatre fame, about his new music show, career highs and embarrassing moments. … More Gathering to salute Stuart Mey
BILLY SUTER visits Johannesburg to review the high-camp South African production of “Priscilla – Queen of the Desert: The Musical”. It runs until June 18, then tours to Hong Kong. … More To the heart of fabulosity
BILLY SUTER reflects on 17 years of acclaimed stage productions from Durban’s award-winning KickstArt theatre company to choose his favourites among those shows. … More KickstArt: best of the best
BILLY SUTER flicks through scrapbooks from his 24 years as Arts Editor of The Mercury to find two very different reviews from early 1996, when he first reviewed a very young Cat Simoni. … More Scrapbook: Nuns… and Cat
BILLY SUTER reports on the famous curry buffet at the Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga. This is not curry in a hurry, but an event for which time and a good appetite is needed. … More Not curry in a hurry…
BILLY SUTER chats to Durban comic Ben Voss (left) about travel, his new SA anthem and his new show with “Spud” author John van de Ruit, “Mamba Republic”. … More Another ‘slither’ of sharp satire
BILLY SUTER reviews KickstArt’s production of “Chicago”. It mixes elements of the 1975 Broadway original, the sexy international franchise production, and fresh ideas. … More Razzle-dazzle rendezvous!
BILLY SUTER interviews British-born Katy Moore, award-winning star of the new KickstArt production of the musical, “Chicago”, running from April 8 to 30 at Durban’s Sneddon Theatre. … More From Red Riding Hood to vamp
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