THE RHUMBELOW THEATRE

WE ARE NOW FULLY AIR-CONDITIONED

Cunningham Rd Off Bartle Rd

PRESENTS

Songs My Lover

Forgot To Sing Me

Cape Town Cabaret Artist - Godfrey Johnson

FRIDAY 02 MARCH 2007 Show starts 8.00 pm

SATURDAY 03 MARCH 2007 Show starts 8.00 pm

SUNDAY 04 MARCH 2007 Show starts 6.30 pm

(Venue opens 90 minutes before show for picnic dinner)

Cape Town based singer / composer / performer, Godfrey Johnson, makes a welcome trip to Durban’s quaint Rhumbelow Theatre in his delicious one-man show intriguingly entitled Songs My Lover Forgot to Sing Me over the first weekend in March.

Johnson pays homage to some of his favourite composers including Brel, Porter and Coward - intersperses the pieces with his own compositions

“He can go from camp to butch and back again in two easy steps. His versatility knows no bounds. Also, he does not put on frills and glitz - it is pure, uncontaminated material with twists and arrangements that make the songs his own. In 90 minutes, one is transported to so many places with this vast repertoire, and one is also blown away by his adaptability, going from the most tender of love songs to the hardest, even bawdy clucks on the piano when he does some of the lighter, often comedic stuff,” says Rafiek Mammon in his Tonight review.

Johnson is equally comfortable appearing in his own shows as he is accompanying others. He has played for a host of musical luminaries (South African and international) including Irit Noble, Julian Clarey and Judy Page.

He has enjoyed a long professional relationship with living legend Pieter-Dirk Uys. Johnson managed Evita se Perron from 1997 – 2002. He directed Pieter in Carnival and accompanied one of Dirk Uys’s characters, Bambi Kellermanin Cabaret.

What the press said about Godfrey Johnson

Intimate look at Johnson's great gift

February 10, 2004

By Rafiek Mammon

Godfrey Johnson has a great gift. And how he chooses to share his talent with the rest of the world is through his music.

"I am going to shut up," he says during the show. "The songs tell their own stories." And he is so right. As he pays homage to some of his favourite composers, including Brel, Porter and Coward, he intersperses the pieces with his own compositions. The beauty of it is that they fit so well together. Some his work is refined, melodious and poetic. The songs take one on peculiar journeys as notes and lyrics blend together harmoniously.

He can go from camp to butch and back again in two easy steps. His versatility knows no bounds. Also, he does not put on frills and glitz - it is pure, uncontaminated material with twists and arrangements that make the songs his own. His style is relaxed and off-centre, in the most natural way. An audience can sense this and not many performers can boast this endearing quality.

His show is intimate and he does not profess otherwise. The songs come from a very special place, whether they be his own material or the covers. And this special place could be his heart or his gut or perhaps both. Either way, he makes each of them sound special.

One must bear in mind that with this kind of intimate theatre comes close scrutiny. The audience is literally upon him. This is what I like to call "personality" theatre - and not everyone has the personality for it and he does.

The playlist is broad. He tackles songs from Coward's 20th Century Blues to Brel's If You Go Away - a rendition that brought the house down. In 90 minutes, one is transported to so many places with this vast repertoire, and one is also blown away by his adaptability, going from the most tender of love songs to the hardest, even bawdy clucks on the piano when he does some of the lighter, often comedic stuff.

Join us at the Rhumbelow.

R 60-00 (BANKING ESSENTIAL)

Bring food picnic baskets.

(Braais will be available should you wish to cook some meat)

Limited secure parking available Booking is essential.

Bar Available (Please note Alcohol may not be brought on to the premises)

Phone or email Roland for bookings and get that money rolling in.

H 2057602 Cell 0824998636 email roland@stansell.za.net

VISIT : www.rhumbelow.za.net

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