25 April, 2025

“I could have danced all night…and still have begged for more!”

Following the sell-out success of The Sound Of Music, Pieter Toerien with Cape Town Opera presents Lerner & Loewe’s classic musical masterpiece, My Fair Lady.

Coming this December to Cape Town, and January, 2025 to Johannesburg.

“My Fair Lady is indisputably one of the greatest musicals of all time.”

– Sir Tim Rice, award-winning lyricist.

This new production kicks off at Artscape, before transferring to Montecasino in the new year.

Artscape Opera House from 12 December 2024 – 12 January 2025

Teatro Montecasino from 23 January 2025 – 23 February, 2025

Bookings now open at Webtickets

Boasting a bouquet score, containing timeless songs as “I Could Have Danced All Night”, “Get Me to the Church on Time”, “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly”, “I’m Just An Ordinary Man”, “On the Street Where You Live”, “Show Me”, “The Rain in Spain,” and “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face,” this grand production is set to enthrall audiences of all ages.

This show is the standard that all other musicals are measured by!

Directed by Steven Stead.

Choreographed by Duane Alexander.

Musical direction by Kevin Kraak.

Scenic design by Greg King.

Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture Pygmalion, My Fair Lady, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, premiered on Broadway. The legendary original production won 6 Tony Awards including Best Musical and ran for 2,717 performances making it, at the time, the longest-running musical in Broadway history.

South Africa is going to fall in love with Eliza Doolittle!

Casting to be announced soon!

Cape Town Johannesburg booking link:

https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/Event.aspx?itemid=1544396949

Johannesburg booking link:

https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/Event.aspx?itemid=1545487925

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For Cape Town media enquiries contact dean@theatreonthebay.co.za

For Johannesburg media enquiries contact mark@montetheatre.co.za

For Cape Town group bookings contact dean@theatreonthebay.co.za

For Johannesburg group bookings contact geraldine@montetheatre.co.za

NOW ON STAGE!

BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY – THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL ROCK & ROLL MUSICAL,

NOW ON STAGE AT THE ARTSCAPE OPERA HOUSE!

Jethro Tait as Buddy in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story! Photography by Gustav Klotz.

Pieter Toerien presents a brand-new, full-scale stage production of the HIT rock ‘n roll jukebox musical, ‘Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story’, LIVE & ROCKIN’ at the Artscape Opera House, until 16 April.Directed by the West End’s Nick Winston (Fame, Cats, Chess, Annie, Bonnie And Clyde), this fresh and unique jukebox musical follows the incredible journey of Buddy’s meteoric rise to the top of the record charts during the golden days of rock ‘n’ roll – bigger and better than ever seen before in South Africa.Dynamic set and costume designs by Fleur du Cap award-winner, Niall Griffin (‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’, ‘Hedwig And The Angry Inch’, ‘Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’), and musical direction by Naledi award-winning Wessel Odendaal (‘The Phantom Of The Opera’, ‘Here’s To You – The Simon And Garfunkel Songbook’, ‘Avenue Q’, ‘The Sound Of Music’).

BOOKINGS NOW OPEN AT WEBTICKETS!

Leading the all-South African cast is singer-songwriter frontman Jethro Tait as the legendary Buddy Holly. This dynamic young performer has the crowds rocking and rolling, like it’s 1958

Introducing Jethro Tait as Buddy Holly, in Pieter Toerien’s new exciting production to hit SA in 2023! (Instagram).

The ensemble includes the best in South African talent: Bethany Dickson (Matilda – The Musical, Grease, The Sound Of Music) and Keaton Ditchfield (Evita, Saturday Night Fever, West Side Story), with Michael Stray, Chad Baai, Gianluca Gironi, Thoko Jiyane, Che-Jean Jupp, Gerard Van Rooyen, Koketso Mere, Gabriela Dos Santos, Nic Sedgewick, Virtuous Kandemiri, Sindiswa Ndlovu, Stephan Bezuidenhout, and Morgan Marshall.Included are all the favourites; songs such as “That’ll Be The Day”, “True Love Ways”, “Oh Boy”, “Peggy Sue”, “Chantilly Lace”, “La Bamba”, “Rave On”, “Johnny B. Goode”, “Everyday”, and many more!

The duration of the show is approximately 2-hours and 25-minutes (including a 20-minute interval).
Age restriction: suitable for ages 8+.

‘Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story’ runs at the Artscape Opera house from 28 March to 16 April, 2023, and the Teatro at Montecasino from 22 April until 28 May, 2023.

Tickets ranging from R150 to R500 are available through webtickets.co.za.

BOOKING LINK: https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/search.aspx?search=buddy

The Cast Of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story ROCKS Artscape! Photography by Gustav Klotz.

For Jo’burg media enquiries contact mark@montetheatre.co.za

Production photography by Gustav Klotz.

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