BILLY SUTER reports on the full line-up of 2019 stage shows planned by award-winning Durban theatre compay, KickstArt. Among the plans is another Stephen Sondheim musical. … More KickstArt theatre plans for 2019
BILLY SUTER reviews “Cinderella”, the 14th glossy pantomime from Durban’s acclaimed KickstArt theatre company, now at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre. … More Another glittering panto success
BILLY SUTER interviews theatre newcomer Roshanda Lewis, soon to make her professional debut as the title character in Durban’s grand KickstArt panto, “Cinderella”. … More Of pantomime and music-making
BILLY SUTER reviews Durban’s KickstArt company’s new children’s play, the Greg King-directed “The BFG”, based on the popular Roald Dahl book from 1982. … More Scrumdillyumptious treat for all!
BILLY SUTER reports that Durban’s KickstArt theatre company has, without doubt, secured another surefire hit with “The Play That Goes Wrong”. But he is not a fan of the play. … More Exhausting, but sure to be a hit
BILLY SUTER, after almost a full year of online writing after 39 years in the newspaper world, 24 as Arts Editor of The Mercury, looks back on the highs and lows of theatre in 2017. … More SA theatre – 2017 in review
BILLY SUTER chats to Lyle Buxton about the challenges of his title role in KickstArt’s 14th panto, “Sinbad the Sailor, opening at Durban’s Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on December 1. … More Lyle and the challenges of panto
BILLY SUTER chats to award-winning theatre stalwart Steven Stead about Durban’s new panto, plans to stage “Camelot” and “The Play That Goes Wrong” and his eary days in theatre. … More Showbiz, Stead and Sinbad
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 chats to Durban actor Bryan Hiles, star of KickstArt’s “James and the Giant Peach”, who discusses the Bard, reincarnation, new projects – and the day he stole a yacht. … More When actor Bryan stole a yacht
