The Blues Brothers

The smash hit Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues Musical The Blues Brothers comes to The NewSpace Theatre in Cape Town

This award winning musical celebrates the music made famous by the “pork pie and wayfarers” duo, Jake and Elwood Blues in the cult eighties movie called ‘The Blues Brothers’.

These iconic kings of cool were created by the late John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd for NBC’s Saturday Night Live show and the subsequent film was made on the strength of the cult success of these characters. The first Blues Brothers stage show was a 1980 musical comedy directed by John Landis and starred Belushi and Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues.

Musical numbers featured in this two-hour production include songs by singers James Brown, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles, amongst others.

The original South African production broke box office records in Johannesburg and Durban. The Cape Town season is directed by Clayton Stewart, the original Elwood Blues in the SA show.

The Blues Brothers with serious attitude are played by Johan Baird and Alwyn Kotze who are joined by three Bluettes, namely Capetonians Mono Dullisear as Mono Blues, Lyndle Kearns as Lyndle Blues and Crushanda Forbes and Crushanda Blues.

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