The Rocky Horror Picture Show

One of the most famous rock 'n roll musicals of all time returns to Cape Town

Evergreen cult caper The Rocky Horror Show returns to The Barnyard Theatre at Willowbridge in what is sure to be another sell-out run of the perennially popular tale of transvestism, vampirism and fetishism.

One of the most famous rock ‘n roll musicals of all time, Richard O’Brien’s hit show enjoys a spanking new production.

An interesting fact is that O’Brien created the science fiction spoof musical in 1972 as a mere filler show at London’s Royal Court Theatre in Sloane Square and hardly foresaw its enduring international fame.

The Rocky Horror Show tells the story of the misadventures of Brad Majors and his fiancée Janet Weiss, two hapless virgins from Denton, who lose their way on a dark and stormy night, run into tyre trouble and seek help at the site of a light down the road.

Bad idea. It emanates from the Frankenstein place where Dr Frank ‘N Furter, a transvestite from the planet Transexual in the galaxy of Transylvania, is in the midst of one of his maniacal experiments.

Frank has created the perfect man, a rippling piece of beefcake christened Rocky Horror, and intends to put him to good use (his own).

The kinky household retinue is presided over by a hunchbacked henchman named Riff-Raff and his incestuous sister Magenta, assisted by a tap-dancing groupie-in-residence, Columbia. Needless to say, virtue is compromised and finally lost on that fateful night.

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