Skip to content

…..SoSuterBill…..

Entertainment and leisure news, views, interviews and reviews by BILLY SUTER

  • Who is Billy Suter?
  • Contact
  • This Day in Showbiz History

Tag: Pieter Toerien Theatre

Abba-Cinderella show for Durban

April 24, 2025

BILLY SUTER reports that a fabulous Mzansi Ballet production combining the Cinderella story and the hit music of Abba heads for Durban for four performances soon. … More Abba-Cinderella show for Durban

Leave a comment Abba-Cinderella show for Durban

When Natasha meets Shirley

August 2, 2023

BILLY SUTER chats to Natasha Sutherland about her role in a new, pared-down production of “Shirley Valentine” headed for Durban. She also discusses her sons & ‘Star Wars;. … More When Natasha meets Shirley

1 Comment When Natasha meets Shirley

Queen excess, diva delicious

March 20, 2023

BILLY SUTER visited Johannesburg at the weekend to review two very different stage hits, the Queen musical, “We Will Rock You”, and the Maria Callas-themed “Master Class”. … More Queen excess, diva delicious

1 Comment Queen excess, diva delicious

Excellent nod to Simon & Garfunkel

February 5, 2020

BILLY SUTER journeys to Johannesburg to review “Here’s to You – The Simon and Garfunkel Songbook”, which is headed for Durban, Sasolburg and Cape Town. … More Excellent nod to Simon & Garfunkel

2 Comments Excellent nod to Simon & Garfunkel

Marvellous Merle & The Mousetrap

February 5, 2019

BILLY SUTER visited Joburg to review the first SA production of the Agatha Christie play, “The Mousetrap”, and the large-scale Marc Lottering musical, “Aunty Merle The Musical”. … More Marvellous Merle & The Mousetrap

Leave a comment Marvellous Merle & The Mousetrap

Jerry Lee Lewis and other ‘nerds’

July 9, 2018

BILLY SUTER reports on two shows saluting piano greats – one a lively showband entertainment headed for Kloof, the other a Johannesburg stage spectacle starring Jonathan Roxmouth. … More Jerry Lee Lewis and other ‘nerds’

Leave a comment Jerry Lee Lewis and other ‘nerds’

Fab, but not for mother grundies

May 14, 2018

BILLY SUTER reviews the offbeat “Avenue Q” in Johannesburg – and has words of warning about this first South African production of the acclaimed musical. … More Fab, but not for mother grundies

2 Comments Fab, but not for mother grundies

Ice spectacle… and Scrooge

January 6, 2018

BILLY SUTER drove to Johannesburg to take in two Christmas season successes at Montecasino  – “Cinderella on Ice” and the smaller-scaled two-hander, “A Christmas Carol”. … More Ice spectacle… and Scrooge

Leave a comment Ice spectacle… and Scrooge

Stage works calling back the past

September 28, 2017

BILLY SUTER reports that former Soft Shoes singer Jervis Pennington is back on the Gauteng stage with a musical memoir … and, in Durban, Ashwin Singh is reviving a 2006 drama. … More Stage works calling back the past

Leave a comment Stage works calling back the past

Lots of laughs in a giddy romp

July 10, 2017

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

Leave a comment Lots of laughs in a giddy romp
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • YouTube

Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • .....SoSuterBill.....
    • Join 1,188 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • .....SoSuterBill.....
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar