(Pic by John Hogg: Classic swans with a difference!)Doo Bee Boobies to shock Durban – at last!
Grown men in pink tights, merkins and lashings of coq……feathers? It must be the cult all-male all-madness musical revue Doo Bee Boobies which returns to whoop it up in Durban in May.
Last seen here at the Playhouse Drama 16 years ago, the Doo Bee Boobies cast is back – somewhat older and a lot more tired, but still more than capable of camping it up with a vengeance. Following rave reviews in Johannesburg last year, this infamous cult favourite returns to “show all the young whippersnappers out there how true-blue comedy revues should be done. That is, with tongue firmly in (butt) cheek!”
Screen and stage veteran Robert Whitehead will remind audiences that there’s more to him than villainous wheelings and dealings, and you can also see fellow soapie star Stephen van Niekerk (who has a worrying tendency to take his kit off on stage) in some tantalisingly compromising positions.
Singer, dancer, actor, musician and “notorious stripper” Tony Bentel will dazzle with his exhibitionist showbiz flair. And let’s not forget celebrated choreographer and performer extraordinaire Mark Hawkins – he of Fantastic Flying Fish Dance Company fame – who, together with dancer Ebrahim Medell, will be joining in the silliness while ensuring that the studs on stage don’t trip over their tutus.
The return season of Doo Bee Boobies keeps the best of the original show, while adding some new, hysterical and (so they tell us) death-defying acts to make it the most-must-see cult show of 2011. Expect zany musical sketches and prepare for a helping of saucy satire that’s anything but a drag!
Mark Hawkins’ Very Very Big Productions is presenting the grand comeback season of this “very, very expensive” all-singing, all-dancing, all-male revue, at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre from May 17 to 29. Booking is now open at Computicket. Tickets R110 (R90 on Tuesdays). The age restriction is 16.
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