(Barry
Thomson, Dawn Selby, Shaun Dragt, Mali Sewell & Jason Andrew)
The Reals and guest guitarist Shaun Dragt
are back by popular demand when they present their show The British Invasion at
Rhumbelow Theatre in Durban from November 30 to December 9, 2018.
The British Invasion was a cultural
phenomenon of the mid 1960s when rock and pop music acts from the United
Kingdom became popular in the United States and significant to rising
‘counterculture’ on both sides of the Atlantic. Pop and rock groups such as The
Beatles, the Dave Clark Five, The Kinks, the Rolling Stones and The Animals
were at the forefront of the invasion, furnishing the model for many important
global developments in pop and rock music.
In February 1964, The Beatles started the
first British Invasion, appearing on the Ed
Sullivan Show. They held the top five positions on the US Billboard Hot 100
singles chart which to date, no other act has achieved and it wasn’t long
before other UK bands joined the Invasion. The Rolling Stones would become the
biggest band other than the Beatles to come out of this era, topping the Hot
100 eight times. In America, the Invasion spelled the end of the popularity of
instrumental surf music, pre-Motown vocal girl groups, the folk revival and the
teen idols who had dominated the American charts in the late 1950s and 1960s.
The British Invasion had a profound impact
on popular music, internationalising the production of rock and roll,
establishing the British popular music industry as a viable centre of musical
creativity, and opening the door for subsequent British performers to achieve
international success. The US no longer had the monopoly and US media
proclaimed the United Kingdom as the centre of music and fashion. During the
80s and 90s, the resurgence of British rock bands such as Oasis, The Verve and
Blur met massive global success.
Paying tribute to the artistes pioneering
and those who continued with the British Invasion will be Barry Thomson on
guitar, Dawn Selby on keyboards, Mali Sewell on drums, Jason Andrew on bass
guitar and guest guitarist Shaun Dragt. In the repertoire of hit songs from
decades 60s through to the 90s, are pop and rock hits from top British bands
including The Beatles (I Saw Her Standing
There), The Animals (We Gotta Get Out
Of This Place), The Who (My
Generation), Rolling Stones (Start Me
Up), Led Zeppelin (Rock And Roll),
Oasis (Wonderwall) and many
more!
Shows run from Friday to Sunday from
November 30 to December 9 with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 20h00
and on Sundays at 14h00. The venue opens 90 minutes before show for picnic
dinner.
Tickets R150 (R130 pensioners first weekend
only). Take along food picnic baskets. Braais will be available. There is
limited secure parking and booking is essential. A cash bar is available (no
alcohol may be brought on to the premises). Rhumbelow Durban is situated at 42
Cunningham Road off Bartle Road in Umbilo.
Booking is through Computicket or contact
Roland on 082 499 8636, email roland@stansell.za.net (also for group booking
discounts of 20 or more) or visit http://events.durbantheatre.com
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