(Ntsako Mgiba as roustabout Chad with members of the
chorus)
This year,
sees the 15th production which is All Shook Up. It’s a point to remember that some of the cast
members in this year’s production would not have been born when Northcliff High
first ventured to present their annual musical.
Since
the first faltering beginnings all those years ago, star performers have risen
from this school, Durban audiences have grown and many supporters of the arts
have given praise to the stalwart efforts of this outstanding educational
institution.
The run
of All Shook Up in Northcliff,
Johannesburg, this May enjoyed unprecedented success and audience members
emerged happy and smiling. This is a fun musical – ideal family entertainment –
a comedy loosely based on elements of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and featuring the songs of the ever popular king of
rock ‘n roll.
A guitar
playing, motor-bike riding, roving roustabout happens upon a small Mid-west
never-heard-of American town where draconian measures are in place to curb fun,
music and dance and he manages to stir things up musically and romantically,
getting unlikely characters to fall “crazy in love”.
This
year the band boasts no fewer than 12 members, including the conductor and
captures the essence of the music of the fifties with style.
Directed,
as usual by Nick Jourdan, this show has already entertained many during its
home run in Johannesburg and will surely please the regular Durban supporters.
All Shook Up runs in the Playhouse Drama Theatre from June
26 to 30 with matinees on June 29 and 30. Booking is at Computicket.
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