Tell Me On A Sunday, music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER and lyrics by DON BLACK, the romantic comedy-drama about the ups and downs of dating in New York, plays at The Avalon Auditorium, District Six Homecoming Centre .
Directed by Jonathan Walker-Kane, with Musical Direction by Alastair Cockburn, this iconic musical, with a wonderful original score played by a live six-piece band, features the hit song ‘Take That Look Off Your Face’, which has been performed by many legendary leading ladies.
Marti Webb’s original rendition of the song soared to No. 3 on the UK Top 40 Chart, with the parent album reaching No. 2 and spending 23 weeks on the chart, eight of them in the top 10.
Lloyd Webber and Black then expanded Tell Me On a Sunday into a two-act show called Song and Dance, with a ballet set to Variations, a piece Lloyd Webber had written for his brother Julian, a cellist,
Tell Me On A Sunday was the first collaboration between Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black, who would go on to work together on Aspects of Love and Sunset Boulevard.
It tells the story of Emma, who hails from the town of Ilford in east London. After a difficult breakup, she resolves to seek love and success abroad. Brimming with optimism, she excitedly bids farewell to her family and friends and sets off for New York. Her only connection with home is a series of letters to her mum and confidantes, displaying unwavering cheerfulness and a very English view of the American experience.
Through a cycle of 28 songs, Emma explores the maze of the city. Her romantic misadventures take her to Hollywood and eventually back to Manhattan. A seemingly hopeless series of failed relationships make her wonder whether, in fact, she has been looking for love in all the wrong places.
This one-woman, one-act production of Tell Me On A Sunday will take you on a lively, emotional and cathartic journey of self-discovery with Emma. Don Black’s lyrics pull no punches and the musical, which has not diminished with time, features great material from two men in top form, including ‘Capped Teeth and Caesar Salad’, ‘It’s Not the End of the World … ‘If I Love Him’ … “If He’s Young’ … “If He’s Married’, ‘Let’s Talk About You’, ‘Nothing Like You’ve Ever Known’ and ‘Tell Me On A Sunday’.
It’s time to laugh, to cry and to love with Emma as she searches for romance in the Big Apple, always sure that the next one is going to be THE ONE. Will she find her “happily-ever-after”?
Cape Town’s Emma
Award-winning lyric soprano SIAN ATTERBURY, who has appeared on stage in many lead roles, captivating audiences time and again, will star as Emma on Wed 24th @ 8pm, Fri 26th @ 8pm, Sat 27th @ 6pm and Sun 28th @ 3pm and 6pm
REGINA MALAN directed The Waiting Game for the Cape Town Theatre Company, was the Musical Director for The Great Gatsby at the Star Theatre and Co-Director of Hairspray at the Baxter Theatre. Regina will take the lead role of Emma on Thu 25th @ 8pm and Sat 27th @ 8pm.
Emma will delight and entertain you with a variety of ballads, a splash of Jazz and a sprinkling of sass thrown in for good measure!
WHAT: Tell Me On A Sunday
WHERE: The Avalon Auditorium, District Six Homecoming Centre, (Formerly The Fugard Theatre), Corner Caledon and Buitenkant Streets, District Six, Cape Town 8001
WHEN: Wednesday 24 to Sunday 28 April 2024 | Wed, Thu & Fri @ 8pm. Sat @ 6pm & 8pm. Sun @ 3pm & 6pm
INFO: T : +27 21 4235309 | E web@capegallery.co.za | https://www.capegallery.co.za/
TICKETS: Quicket | R150 – R220. A 10% reduction for 4+ people on all top-price seats | Group of 10+ to contact Tracy Cahill at tcahill@igen.co.za
PHOTOS: Martin Kluge.
