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 reviews the 14th pantomime from Durban’s award-winning KickstArt theatre company – a rollicking variation of “Sinbad the Sailor”, in Durban until January 7. … More Ship-shape for a whale of a time
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 chats to Durban-born Samantha Peo, star of such musicals as “Cabaret” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie”, who returns to her hometown for a show this weekend. … More Sam, soulfire and that darn word…
BILLY SUTER chats to Durban singer-actor Rowan Bartlett about his new supper show with Bryan Hiles and Darren King – and about his fears, plans and career highlights … More From Pooh to Vegas, baby!
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 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 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 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 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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