BILLY SUTER reviews a tribute to Vera Lynn, first seen at Umbilo’s Rhumbelow Theatre. The elegant music revue, starring Lisa Bobbert, is at The Hexagon in Pietermaritzburg on June 3. … More Elegant salute to Vera Lynn
BILLY SUTER chats to actress Lisa Bobbert about her Vera Lynn tribute show (headed for the 25th Hilton Arts Festival) – and hears about cockroaches, widdling on stage and her being arrested! … More When actress Lisa was arrested…
BILLY SUTER reviews the reinvented “Tartuffe”, a clever Moliere satire from a nine-member cast under the wing of one of South Africa’s most creative directors, Sylvaine Strike. … More Inventive reinvention of a classic
BILLY SUTER reviews the latest venomous, sketch-based comedy from Durban writer-actors John van de Ruit and Ben Voss. Catch it in Pietermaritzburg on November 10 and 11. … More Back with vigour and venom
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 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 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!
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