The Great Pretenders in Cape Town

Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane while singing along to old time Las Vegas Hits with The Great Pretenders

Take a nostalgic trip down memory lane with the talented cast of The Great Pretenders when they perform at GrandWest’s Roxy Revue Bar in Cape Town.

The show pays tribute to the colour, diversity and tenacity of musicians from Cape Town’s District Six. What they lacked in equipment they make up for in rich harmonies and powerful solos, sung Acapella style. Streetlights became spotlights and cobbled streets, the stage.

Barred from seeing live performances, these musicians tuned in to Springbok Radio Hit Parade and visited smoke-filled cinemas to watch images of Elvis, Jim Reeves, Nat King Cole, Connie Francis, Louis Armstrong and others.

For many years producer Jayson King pretended to be Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tony Williams, lead singer for The Platters and Bill Kenny, lead singer for the Ink Spots and many more. He gathered like-minded musicians, all ‘pretending’ and formed the group. Together, they have performed on stage and television for 17 years. During 1973, King founded the careers of South African icons like Richard Jon Smith, and Jonathan Butler.

The audience can expect to be entertained by a medley of international hits such as Elvis Presley’s Blue suede shoes, Shirley Bassey’s This is my life, the Manhattans Kiss and Say goodbye, The Trammps Disco Inferno, Tina Turner’s Proud Mary Medley and ABBA’s Abba Medley.

So come and see this show! Maybe they are not even pretending!

Tickets are available from Computicket

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