(Pictured:
Jeff Robinson, Andreas Kappen, Melvin Peters & Cathy Peacock. In front: Bryan
Hiles, Kirsten Sayers & Bruce Baker. Pic by Val Adamson)
Platform Jazz returns to the Rhumbelow in
January 2019. Durban’s effervescent band will present a show entitled Our Favourite Swings.
This time Platform Jazz team up with fun
actor /singer Bryan Hiles to bring a toe-tapping and foot-stomping, programme
of swing favourites. Dixie, musical highlights made famous by Robbie Williams,
Michael Bublé and Frank Sinatra, Latin numbers, show tunes and some original
compositions are on the menu. The band is made up of Cathy Peacock on trumpet,
Kirsten Sayers on clarinet, Jeff Robinson on sax and flute , David Solomon on trombone
, Andreas Kappen on double bass and South Africa’s Jazz stars Melvin Peters on
keyboards and Bruce Baker on drums.
Hiles charms in numbers such as Have you met Miss Jones?, Beyond the Sea, C’est
si bon, and Sway and the band
will entertain with numbers such as Favourite
Things, Chicago and of course In the
Mood . This is just the show to start off the year.
Our
Favourite Swings runs from January 12 to 20, 2019,
with shows on Friday and Saturdays at 20h00 and on Sundays at 14h00. There will
be an extra show on January 19 at 14h00. (Venue opens 90 minutes before show
for drinks)
Tickets R150 (R130 pensioners, students
with a valid student card).
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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