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Think of a certain suave, urbane style that reigned in theatre and the movies during the ’20s and ’30s. Think of cigarettes, smoking jackets and cocktails. Think of cynical epigrams, and sexy, witty, world-weary songs.
This ode to Ivor Novello, the matinee idol, Noel Coward, the quintessential English gentleman and the American playboy, Cole Porter, is stylish entertainment at its best, a series of vignettes of each of the “Boys” and, of course, the songs that made them immortal

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Written and Directed by Amanda Bothma
Musical director Germainne Gamiet
Featuring Daniel Anderson (Vocals) & Jacques du Plessis Piano

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

DANIEL ANDERSON
Daniel Anderson is 21 years old and has grown up on the theatre stage. Starting as an Elvis Presley impersonator, he migrated to musical theatre in 2010, where the roots of his career begin to take hold. He hold a BA degree in Film Production and an ATCL in Musical Theatre with the Trinity College of London. His first and true love, however, will always be the theatre as he finds no greater joy than shared moments on a stage. Daniel’s most recent theatre credits include This Moment (CPT), “Blommie Kabouter” in Liewe Heksie, It’s Showtime! A Revue (CPT), “Simeon/Narrator” in Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dream coat”. Daniel is passionate about keeping theatre alive and finds great
joy in sharing the tune-filled antics of Noël Coward, Cole Porter and Ivor Novello in “Mad About The Boys”.

JAQUES DU PLESSIS Musical Director/Pianist
Jacques du Plessis holds both a BMus and MMus in piano performance with distinction from Rhodes University. After obtaining distinctions for both the Trinity and UNISA Grade 8 piano exams. Jacques established himself as a distinguished finalist and prize winner at several national music competitions. Winning third prize in the tertiary category of the 2010 Grahamstown National Music Competition, second prize in the concerto category of the 2009 Grahamstown National Music Competition and a special prize at the 2008 Rising Stars Music Competition, Jacques was also named as one of the Rhodes University Top 100 Students for his contributions to Arts and Culture. He appeared as a concerto soloist with the Rhodes University Symphony Orchestra several times. As a chamber musician, he is noted for his performances with the Odeion String Quartet and was a member of the Driske Trio with whom he toured South Africa and Zimbabwe in 2009. He also performed at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival and Hogsback Spring Festival with his piano duet partner, Andrew Duncan. Jacques has acted as pianist, musical director and conductor in many productions all over South Africa including Evita, Beauty and the Beast, ‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’, The Sound of Music, Footloose and a vast number of community theatre productions. He was also the
pianist for the musical revue, Simply Broadway which enjoyed four sold-out runs at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival. He is currently a full-time piano teacher and accompanist at Stirling High School.

GERMAINE GAMIET
Germaine Gamiet trained at the University of Cape Town's South African College of Music, where he completed his music performance degree under the guidance of Franklin Larey and Sandra Kettle. He has worked extensively, as an accompanist, choral director and teacher. Germaine has served as musical director for productions such as Beauty and the Beast and Bugsy Malone, played in the orchestra for stagings of Evita and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, all staged at the Guild Theatre in East London. When not on stage or in rehearsal rooms, he is a dynamic arts management professional. He currently works at Pro Helvetia Johannesburg, The Swiss Arts Council, as the programme manager for Southern Africa.

AMANDA BOTHMA
Amanda Bothma received her Bachelor’s degree in Drama and Acting from the University of the Free State. She is an alumina of the Eugene O’Neill the national Theatre Institute and attended the National Puppet Conference in in 2018 and 2020 in Connecticut, USA. Amanda trained in the Chekov method under Mara Radulović co-founder of the Michael Chekhov Actors Studio Boston. Over the past 30 years she has written, directed and produced many dramas, pantomimes, musicals and cabarets.

  • Venue: Beethoven Room
  • City: Makhanda
  • Location: First floor of the Rhodes Music Department, Somerset Street, Grahamstown, Makhanda, 6139.
  • Ticket Price: R100.00
  • Programme Type: FRINGE
  • Genre: Music  /  Theatre
  • Duration: 60 mins
  • Ages: ALL AGES
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