Killer Queen is The Barnyard Theatre’s hot, new production which
will run at the Gateway venue from April 19 to May 29.
Killer
Queen is about the
showmanship, charisma, harmony and power of the music group Queen and
the inimitable Freddie Mercury, that all come together in one mind-blowing
concert.
Queen are
famous for their music style which combines hard rock, massed vocal harmonies
and overdubbed guitar work, catchy pop melodies, surreal humour and flamboyant
theatrical performances. Killer Queen is a tribute to this outrageously
brilliant British rock group and their frontman, and features a ten-piece cast
who capture all these elements and more!
The show features the band’s earlier work with songs such as Seven
Seas Of Rhye and Keep Yourself Alive; before moving on to the
masterpiece album, A Night at the Opera. The cast perform a special
tribute to this brilliant album with songs including Love Of My Life, You’re
My Best Friend, Death On Two Legs and Bohemian Rhapsody; then
tackling more anthemic rock songs from the seventies including Somebody To
Love, Don’t Stop Me Now, We Will Rock You and We Are The
Champions.
The show also pays tribute to Freddie Mercury’s solo career
that included hit songs such as The Great Pretender and Barcelona.
Queen were well known for their variety of musical styles from funk, pop, hard
rock and synth pop to progressive rock. Killer Queen covers all these
styles of music with songs like The Show Must Go On, Another One
Bites the Dust, Who Wants to Live Forever, Radio Ga Ga, A
Kind of Magic, Innuendo and many more.
Tackling these huge hits are vocalists JP Moggee, Riyaan
Cornelius, Clint Lotz, Lisa Goldin and Kea Brand; backed up by a band made up of
guitarists Barry Thomson and Sheldon von Grimm, with Calli Thomson on keyboard,
Jason Vex on bass guitar and Matthew Rennie on drums.
Tickets R155 pp from Wednesday to Saturday (R120 pp
every Tuesday night and R110 pp for Sunday matinees). For bookings and
enquiries, phone The Barnyard Theatre on 031 566 3045 or visit www.barnyard.durban
For further information e-mail gateway@barnyardtheatres.co.za or
visit www.facebook.com/gatewaybarnyard
(NB: The matinee show is
sold out for Mother’s Day on May 8, so The Barnyard will stage an evening show
starting at 20h00. Tickets will remain at the Sunday price of R110 pp.)
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