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Tag: Playhouse Opera

Fun tweaks for a feel-good musical

July 5, 2024

BILLY SUTER previews the lavish new YPP youth musical, “Dream On: A Poppins Tale of Joseph”. It opens on July 6 and runs until July 14 at Durban’s Playhouse Opera. … More Fun tweaks for a feel-good musical

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Razzle-dazzle and fancy footwork

September 16, 2023

BILLY SUTER reviews the 29th edition of Durban’s longest running stage production, “Shall We Dance”, which runs only until this Sunday (September 17). … More Razzle-dazzle and fancy footwork

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Joyous Joseph is a jol!

July 9, 2023

BILLY SUTER reviews “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, 21st production by the Young Performers Project, at Durban’s Playhouse only until July 16. … More Joyous Joseph is a jol!

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Fitting farewell for theatre stalwart

September 26, 2017

BILLY SUTER reports on the memorial service held tonight (September 26) at Durban’s Playhouse Opera to pay tribute to theatre stalwart Themi Venturas, who died of cancer. … More Fitting farewell for theatre stalwart

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Themi Venturas memorial

September 20, 2017

BILLY SUTER reports that a date has been set at Durban’s Playhouse Opera to reflect on the life and times of theatre stalwart Themi Venturas, who recently died of pancreatic cancer. … More Themi Venturas memorial

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Scrapbook: Uys and Coetzee

March 22, 2017

BILLY SUTER flips through scrapbooks from his 24 years as Arts Editor of The Mercury to revisit two 1998 shows – one by Greig Coetzee, the other by a 53-year-old Pieter-Dirk Uys. … More Scrapbook: Uys and Coetzee

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Bye, astrophysics! Hi, trombone!

February 28, 2017

BILLY SUTER reports on an Italian-born KZNPO trombone player who is a self-confessed nerd into astrophysics and war games – and who has a solo with the orchestra on March 9 … More Bye, astrophysics! Hi, trombone!

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