BILLY SUTER chats to Durban’s Steven Stead about plans for his and partner Greg King’s KickstArt theatre company – including the possibility of touring overseas. … More KickstArt hopes to tour overseas
BILLY SUTER lists films new on circuit this weekend. Also here are ratings of other films on circuit – as well as Ster-Kinekor, Nu Metro and Suncoast CineCentre’s weekly adverts. … More Film & Stage Rating (Nov 30-Dec 7)
BILLY SUTER with his weekly gig guide for in and around Durban. This week’s highlights include a campus vocal showcase, a tribute to Neil Diamond and a Midlands Octoberfest. … More Sound Advice (Oct 3-9)
BILLY SUTER chats to Durban diva Pinkie Mtshali about her new disco show, her heart attack, roles in “Hair”, “Abbamaniacs” and “Show Boat”… and the day she lost her skirt on stage. … More Pinkie, disco and a heart attack
BILLY SUTER reports that the final filmed opera in the current Met: Live in HD season is Strauss’s “Der Rosenkavalie”, with Renee Fleming. It opens at selected SA cinemas on June 10. … More Strauss opera closes season
BILLY SUTER reports on local opera diva, soprano Sibongile Mngoma, being among those performing arias, duets and choruses at March concerts in Durban and Pietermaritzburg. … More Feast of arias, duets and choruses
BILLY SUTER chats to Steven Stead, of Durban’s award-winning KickstArt theatre company, about four new shows his team is bringing to the city this year. Stead also plans a panto for Joburg. … More Steadfast for more success
Two productions from New York’s Met Opera will be screened in February at Cinema Nouveau, and other treats are in the pipeline. BILLY SUTER reports … More Sumptuous operas on screen
Archive revive… two BILLY SUTER scrapbook reviews from 20 years ago, when he was in the fourth year of his 24 years as Arts Editor at Durban newspaper, The Mercury. … More Scrapbook: Durban theatre, 1997
