This weekend Cape Town brings Motown to the Friendly City, with three performances from tomorrow to Monday – two at the Gelvandale sports grounds and at the Boardwalk.
From Cape Town to Motown asks the question, “where is Motown?”
For many, it is in their kitchen on a Sunday morning, in the taxi on their way to work, others believe it’s a place with an address, says show organiser Cheslyn Botha.
Unlike the average “variety show”, this is a musical theatre production based on cover versions of classic Motown songs.
The characters explore the facets of their lives as they take the audience on a journey through the era of Motown. Two older characters, played by Andrea Anthony and Carlo Daniels, attempt to educate a younger guy, played by Austin Rose, about Motown.
With sold out shows in 2014 and last year, and a recent performance at the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK) in April, the trio are ready to croon their way into the hearts of Port Elizabeth audiences.
Motown became a “political movement” back in the 1970s.
“It was a solace for many people, for those living on the Cape Flats, going through the dark days of apartheid,” said Botha.
“The calibre of music to emerge from this era is incomparable to any other, it is soulful, jazzy and foot-tappingly addictive.”
Rose is a known performer at the KKNK, and come from a run in Kaapse Musiek in Colour and the Suidoosterfees at the Artscape Theatre. As well as a role in the movie Four Corners, Rose also stars in the new film Noem My Skollie, set to be released next month.
Anthony lectures at the Cape Music Institute, where she also is a student. She also is a backup singer for Alistair Izobell, Loukmaan Adams and Karin Kortje.
She also performed in Loukmaan Adams’s My Wonder Years, and she and Rose both appeared with Alistair Izobell in Music Alla Kaap at Grandwest Arena.
Daniels started out in the Mitchells Plain drama group Kinders Van Di Ses and performed in David Kramer’s Kat and the Kings, Blood Brothers and Orpheus in Africa.
The show is at 7.30pm each night and tickets are on sale at Computicket from R100.
Further informaitoan from: Cheslyn Botha, 076-950-8414.
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