….BY BILLY SUTER……
THE Barnyard Theatre at Durban’s Suncoast Casino is presenting a new party showband entertainment, Good Vibrations, until May 26 – and good news is that SoSuterBill.com has 10 tickets to give away to one lucky person, who may table up this table at any performance in the season, subject to availability.
See the end of this post for details on how to enter the competition.
Good Vibrations has Calli Thomson as musical director, appearing on stage with keyboards and on backing vocals, while her tight band comprises regulars Jason Kylen on lead guitar, Bongani Sokhela on bass and a new face at this venue, Andrew Makins, on drums.
Kerry Cherry and Jayda Kelly are again on lead vocals, while another familiar face, Josh Philander, delivers male vocals. Josh appears alongside a standout Marvin Nethononda – who hasn’t performed at this venue in some time – and a newcomer to the spot, Joe Zacheus.
Best moments of the show include the energetic, jovial and pleasant-voiced Marvin’s delivery of I Can See Clearly Now and, a little later, his rendition of Bruno Mars’s Just the Way You Are, which, when we were in, had him leaping onto a table to playfully woo an audience member, then dance with her.
Marvin also delights, as does Joe, with their shared renditions of Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds and One Love, then Marvin wows again in his beanie-with-dreadlocks for another Marley moment, Buffalo Soldier, in the second half. This number has Marvin singing to folks throughout the venue, both downstairs and upstairs. I don’t think there has ever been this much audience interaction at this venue.
Also of note in Good Vibrations’ first half is Kerry’s strong delivery of Celine Dion’s I’m Alive and, in the second half, her gutsy, showstopping renditions of Prince’s When Doves Cry and 4 Non Blondes’ What’s Up. Blonde Jayda, of course, also gets her time to shine, most notably with Miley Cyrus’s Flowers, the oldie Sway and her ebullient serving of Freshlygrounds’ Fire is Low.
Joe’s highs are with Cliff Richard’s The Young Ones; alongside Josh, Kerry and Jayda for the almost-inevitable Macarena (with audience participation, of course), and in duet with Kerry for Mel C and Bryan Adams’s When You’re Gone.
The venue offers two-for-one-price ticket offers on Thursdays and a 50% discount for under-12s and pensioners at Sunday afternoon performances. To book, call the theatre at (031) 940 0500. …………………………………………………………………………………………………..
WIN SHOW TICKETS… WIN SHOW TICKETS… WIN SHOW TICKETS
Care to put yourself in line to win 10 tickets to attend any performance (subject to availability) of Good Vibrations, the latest showband entertainment at Durban’s Suncoast Barnyard Theatre? The show runs until May 26.
You simply have to be a follower of the SoSuterBill site to win. At no cost.
If you are not already a follower, simply leave your email address in the space provided towards the end of the cover page of this site, sosuterbill.com (access the cover page by clicking ‘Latest Posts’ on the menu bar). You will then be a follower, and receive email notification whenever I file a new story.
Once you have subscribed (there is no cost), send your NAME and PHONE NUMBER via email (NOT THIS SITE’S CONTACT FORM) to sosuterbill@gmail.com and place the words ‘GOOD VIBRATIONS GIVEAWAY’ in the subject field.
Note that the competition closes at 6pm on Monday, March 4, and the winner of the 10 tickets will be contacted soon after. His/her name will be posted in this spot thereafter. (The lucky winner of the 10 free tickets is Bernice Stott).
Also note that tickets may not be exchanged for another performance and that the prize is for tickets only (not travel and/or accommodation should this prove necessary).
NOTE: PLEASE READ ENTRY DETAILS CAREFULLY AS SOME PEOPLE ARE ENTERING COMPETITIONS INCORRECTLY.
ALSO NOTE THAT ONLY ONE ENTRY PER SUBSCRIBER WILL BE CONSIDERED.
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