BILLY SUTER reports that this year marks the 26th for the annual Durban dance extravaganza, “Shall We Dance”, to be staged from September 7 to 16 at the Playhouse Opera. … More Another spectacle of Durban dance
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 reports that three weekends of free theatre are offered in October by Durban’s Playhouse Company – 10 productions that include the acclaimed “B!#ch Stole My Doek”. … More Weekends of free Playhouse shows
BILLY SUTER reports on a stage drama that often moved him to tears – and which closes the 14th South African Women’s Arts Festival presented by Durban’s Playhouse Company. … More Month of theatre excellence
BILLY SUTER focuses on Hilton Arts Festival sponsorship. With an injection of an additional R1.5 million a year, the popular event would look very different. … More Challenges of funding the arts
BILLY SUTER talks to Hilton Arts Festival director Sue Clarence about festival plans, hopes, changes… and memorable moments from the must-do event that is now in its 25th year. … More Focus on the Hilton Arts Festival
BILLY SUTER chats to Durban actor Bryan Hiles, star of KickstArt’s “James and the Giant Peach”, who discusses the Bard, reincarnation, new projects – and the day he stole a yacht. … More When actor Bryan stole a yacht
BILLY SUTER reports that the Rhumbelow theatres – in Umbilo, Kloof and Pietermaritzburg – have arranged a good variety of musical entertainment for weeks to come. … More Mixed bag of Rhumbelow shows
BILLY SUTER chats to Durban trumpeter Daniel Sheldon, who joins his colleagues in colourful band, Beat-Route, for a new mixed-bag showband entertainment at the Rhumbelow Theatre in Umbilo, Durban. … More Sheldon and his colourful colleagues
An acclaimed South African play, a political thriller, and some fascinating jazz-funk by “wild specimens” from Europe are among the entertainment options on campus in KwaZulu-Natal soon. BILLY SUTER reports. … More Flashing man… and all that jazz
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