All shook up down Memory Lane
May 9, 2026
BILLY SUTER reviews the touring revival of Paul Slabolepszy’s classic play, “The Return of Elvis du Pisanie’, in Durban this weekend only. See it! … More All shook up down Memory Lane
Tag: The Mercury
Scrapbook Spotlight: Yebo Go-go
February 20, 2025
BILLY SUTER revisits another Mercury scrapbook memory… his 1997 interview with singer-actor Michael de Pinna, then famous for his ‘Yebo Go-go’ ads. … More Scrapbook Spotlight: Yebo Go-go
Death of Durban art doyenne
July 30, 2020
BILLY SUTER reports that tributes are pouring in for well-loved Durban art doyenne Marianne Meijer, who died this morning. The artist, born in Holland, was 85. … More Death of Durban art doyenne
Scrapbook: Amra-Faye & Shelley
May 22, 2020
BILLY SUTER returns to his Mercury newspaper cuttings to reflect on interviews with international “Chicago” star Amra-Faye Wright and Durban darling Shelley McLean. … More Scrapbook: Amra-Faye & Shelley
Durban Theatre Awards axed
March 21, 2018
BILLY SUTER reports that the annual Durban Theatre Awards, presented for the past 15 years to recognise and reward theatre work in the city, have been scrapped … More Durban Theatre Awards axed
Scrapbook: Durban theatre 1998
January 8, 2018
BILLY SUTER finds old scrapbooks to revisit two of his 1998 theatre reviews in The Mercury – one a dance work from Durban’s Fantastic Flying Fish Dance Company; the other a panto. … More Scrapbook: Durban theatre 1998
Scrapbook: Playhouse Cellar
March 8, 2017
BILLY SUTER flips through scrapbooks from his 24 years as Arts Editor of The Mercury to rekindle memories of two popular 2001 supper shows at Durban’s much-missed Playhouse Cellar. … More Scrapbook: Playhouse Cellar
Scrapbook: Buddy and The Wiz
February 24, 2017
BILLY SUTER with Scrapbook Memories… he goes back almost 22 years to look at the Durban theatre scene in 1995, when “Buddy” and “The Wiz” were crowd-pullers. … More Scrapbook: Buddy and The Wiz
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