Durban mini panto with extra bite
BILLY SUTER reports that Durban’s 21st naughty, mini panto is around the corner – and this time, seasoned panto dame favourite Anthony Stonier is back, with added bite! … More Durban mini panto with extra bite
BILLY SUTER reports that Durban’s 21st naughty, mini panto is around the corner – and this time, seasoned panto dame favourite Anthony Stonier is back, with added bite! … More Durban mini panto with extra bite
BILLY SUTER chats to Paul du Toit about the rock musical “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”, headed for the Hilton Arts Festival. He also discusses stuntwork… and a shark attack. … More Drag, awards… a shark attack
BILLY SUTER is disappointed with a new play by Durban’s Clinton Marius, whose excellent offerings include “White Christmas”, “Sweetie Darling” and “B!#ch Stole My Doek”. … More Not a cut above the rest…
BILLY SUTER revisits two articles he wrote for The Mercury in the late 1990s – one an interview with singer-actress Carol Trench, the other a review of a show created by Bryan Hill. … More Scrapbook: ’90s panto & musicals
BILLY SUTER reviews “The Echo of a Noise”, the new solo show by master satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys – and labels it as the legendary South African’s finest work to date. … More Uys has never been better!
BILLY SUTER chats to Andre the Hilarious Hypnotist about shows, fears and memorable moments. Back in Durban until August 19, Andre is celebrating his 25th year in showbiz. … More Andre and his most tense moments
BILLY SUTER reports that Durban is included on the South African tour by a Russian circus whose acts are performed in or above a 12m-diameter pool with fountains and lasers. … More Russian circus makes a big splash!
BILLY SUTER reviews “The Wonderful World of Disney on Ice”, a sparkling, two-hour salute to Disney’s most popular animated movie successes. It moves to Cape Town after Durban. … More Cool world of pure enchantment
BILLY SUTER reviews a play parodying B-grade Gothic thrillers and the horror genre. Its beauty is not in the convoluted and increasingly silly story it tells, but in the way it is told. … More Lots of laughs in a giddy romp
BILLY SUTER chats to Durban playwright Clinton Marius about his plays; a book he’s writing; being naked in the spotlight; meeting Alan Paton and the Dalai Lama – and 6 weeks in jail. … More Naked on stage & six weeks in jail