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Tag: Malcolm Purkey

Sixty six years ago today at 5am the bulldozers arrived in Sophiatown

Posted on February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 by liz

Re- presentations of Sophiatown I am ashamed to say that the closest I had come to Sophiatown before February 2020, (more of the tour with Lucille Davie in my next blog) was attending the production of Malcolm Purkey’s play by that name at the Market Theatre in 1986. And of course I also knew Gerard […]

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Abandon mindless nightly repeats of DSTV Jeremy Clarkson re-runs: hit the footlights instead

Posted on March 20, 2016May 19, 2017 by liz

South Africa has excellent theatre which is so often under-recognized ‘Us South Africans’ don’t know how lucky we are with the quality of theatre and the comparative low cost of tickets for what are often world class productions.  And Joburg is particularly spoilt for choice, with a range of completely different genres. There is too […]

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It’s a great time to come visit Joburg for a feast of good theatre

Posted on October 23, 2011April 3, 2017 by liz

Good theatre currently showing in Joburg Jozi has some great theatre and live shows at the moment. Saw ‘Chilli Boy’ last week. An old play back for a re-run, but missed it last time around- very funny one-man comedy, amazing acting performance. Runs till 6th Nov. Completely different was ‘The Girl with the Yellow Dress’ […]

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