Review: Mrs Simpsons – Style and substance
Fans of The Crown will know all about the inspiration behind Mrs Simpsons restaurant. Gavin Hayward reviews this Dullstroom landmark.
Review: Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical
Wow! And I mean it – what a show. The breathtaking costumes, the uplifting music, the talented cast and, of course, the bus! It’s about time that we have the best of the best. So often the international shows that we see here are never quite as good as the non-touring versions and I feel […]
Joburg theatre review: Shrek the Musical
Musicals! It’s a genre you either love or hate. Shrek, at Gold Reef City’s Lyric Theatre, however, is not like most other musicals – well not like the ones I’ve ever seen. Based on the 2001 DreamWorks animation film of the same name, you know that you’re in good hands. Forget your Stephen Sondheims and […]
Review: Madame Zingara presents The Celebration
You know, without us gay boys this world we live in would just be rather dull and boring. Totally meh and bleh, in fact. Case in point is the super-charming and super-talented Richard Griffin with his Madame Zingara’s Theatre of Dreams that, after 14 long months of planning, opened with a new dinner cirque production […]
Music Divas Special: Taylor Swift, Barbra Streisand, Annie Lennox, Bette Midler & more.
BETTE MIDLER – IT’S THE GIRLS The gay-friendly diva The Divine Miss M would probably be the first person to admit she’s a fabulous, fag-loving diva. She started her career making music for “just us gay girls” and 25 albums later, it’s like she never left us. It’s the Girls is a throwback to the […]
THEATRE REVIEW: ONE ARM
I’ll never forget my introduction to the wonderful words and works of Tennessee Williams. It was in the early 90s and it happened late one Sunday night in a Disa Park bachelor flat where Jan, my then-boyfriend and an out-of-work actor, stayed. The film version of Williams’ The Night of the Iguana, starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner […]
MAMBA SPINS: MICHAEL JACKSON, MARIAH CAREY, LILY ALLEN & MORE
MICHAEL JACKSON – XSCAPE The King of Pop might have passed away in 2009 but his music is still alive and well, thanks to this, his second posthumous album. Hang the heck on: aren’t posthumous albums a shameless money-making sham with poorly-composed and half-finished tracks (I hear you cry…)? And normally the answer is a […]
REVIEW: QUEEN AT THE BALLET
This past week saw the opening of Sean Bovim’s much publicised and highly anticipated Queen at the Ballet at the Joburg Theatre. After a sell out season in Cape Town, I’d been looking forward to experiencing this homegrown production for myself to see what the fuss was about. The show uses Queen’s songs to create […]
SPINS: KATY PERRY, MILEY CYRUS, LORDE
The ladies are in the house! Jared Orlin reviews the latest releases from Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Madonna, Lorde and Icona Pop as well as 5FM’s newest compilation, PowerBytes. KATY PERRY – PRISM Katy Perry’s fourth studio album debuted to something of a tabloid war; a contest in the press to see whether her new […]
SPINS: CHER, JOHN LEGEND, JOHN MAYER & MORE
Jared Orlin reviews the latest releases from veteran diva and gay icon Cher, the oh-so-sexy John Legend, the still at it Backstreet Boys, Aussie synthpop duo Empire Of The Sun and soulful country crooner John Mayer as well as a handy gym workout compilation. CHER – CLOSER TO THE TRUTH She’s retired from music more […]