(Godfrey Johnson)
Mr Johnson Presents ... is the latest solo show from award-winning
musician, composer, cabaret star, director and actor, Godfrey Johnson.
Following a rave-reviewed run at Kalk Bay Theatre, KBT Productions brings this
musical sit down comedy cabaret to the Hexagon Dive on the UKZN
Pietermaritzburg campus this weekend.
Armed with only his
piano, his voice, and his wit, Johnson transports audiences to the cabaret
houses of Europe, his local gym, the 80’s, the most hipster-ish of coffee
shops, and the bottom of the ocean. Imagine Victor Borge meets Sid Vicious with
a twist of Bach and Sinatra as Johnson entertains in his incomparable style,
with songs about lovers, fanatics and noses. His dazzling range encompasses the
work of Kurt Weill, Wolfgang Mozart, Tori Amos, The Sex Pistols, and maybe an
Elizabethan Love Song or two.
His performances
have been described as "... magnificently executed...”; "...
pleasantly unpredictable..”; “4 stars”; “remarkably admirable …” and an “uncanny
ability of mixing pathos with humour and a good dollop of sauciness”.
Johnson has
performed over 20 one-man shows nationally and internationally and has worked
for many years as a musician, director, actor and composer. He is well known
for his interpretations of the music of Jacques Brel, and recently released the
CD, The Shadow of Brel.
Mr Johnson
Presents… runs at the Hexagon Dive on
the Pietermaritzburg campus of the University of KwaZulu-0Natal on November 21
and 22 at 19h00 for 19h30. Tickets R85pp and tables seat 10. These are Picnic
Evenings, so patrons are invited to bring food, but no drink – there is a cash
bar. Doors open at 18h45. To book email hexagon@ukzn.ac.za
For more
information contact 033 260 5537.
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