(Jervis
Pennington)
Authentik Productions will proudly present
a musical memoir written and performed by Jervis Pennington at The Hilton Arts
Festival this September. The one man musical memoir is titled An Extraordinarily, Ordinary Life.
“It is an emotionally overwhelming,
poignant, inspiring, uplifting, harrowing yet ultimately beautiful and darkly
hilarious piece of theatre; Jervis should be in stand-up!” Robyn Cohen: The Cape
Times
Hilton College Class of ‘73, Churchill
house resident and the skinniest boy ever to play full-back for the 2nd XV, Pennington’s
next claim to notoriety was winning SABC’s 1983 National Television Talent Show
Follow That Star’ with his pop group,
The Soft Shoes and their No 1 hit Elvis
Astaire, written by Pennington. Later as General Manager of EMI’s SA Music
Label, he guided the careers of artists including Brenda Fassie and Steve
Hofmeyr.
Full-time songwriting followed, the results
being the musicals Scribble and A
Town called Fokol-Lutho, among
others. In between all this writing activity, Pennington also wrote off a few
cars, resulting in a three week coma in one and a severe head injury in
another. These conspired to derail him for several years. Now safely back on
track, this show tells his story (thus far). From famous to homeless to
fearless.
Performances will take place on September 14
at 20h30 and September 15 at 12h30 at the festival’s Campbell venue and tickets
can be booked at https://www.hiltonfestival.co.za/events/an-extraordinarily-ordinary-life/
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