Last night, I went and saw yet another show at the Chemainus Theatre with my family, this one called Twist and Shout: The British Invasion. It was basically a tribute to the music of 1964 to 1967, a time called the British Invasion when British bands and singers dominated the music charts in the US. I love most of the songs from that time period, so it was the perfect birthday gift for me (though we actually went two days after my birthday).
Before the show and during the intermission, two TV screens showed classic black-and-white commercials from the 1960s. The host of the show played a fictional TV host named Roy Solomon (in a fictionalized version of the Ed Sullivan Show). Everyone was dressed in mid-1960s fashion. The actors played various 1960s British artists, doing the actual singing, but as an air-band (a live band hidden behind the back curtain provided the actual music).
Presented in the form of a fictional TV show, Roy Solomon described the show as bringing back artists from the British Invasion. The band featured most was, of course, the Beatles, who appeared at three separate times (as both the first and last band and just before the intermission), but many other artists made an appearance, including the Dave Clark Five, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Hollies, Herman's Hermits, Donovan, the Zombies, the Searchers, Mick Jagger, Eric Burton, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark and more. Each performed one or more of their best known songs.
Besides the rock and pop singers, there was some entertainment I didn't expect, including a man and a woman doing a couple of magic acts and some musical numbers from the musicals Camelot and My Fair Lady. The whole show was full of jokes and humour. The actors really knew how to get the audience involved, getting them to sing along, clap to the music and so on. Personally, I love 1960s music so much that I didn't need encouragement to sing along. It was as if I had traveled back in time and it actually was the 1960s.
It was such a great show. I'm really glad I got to go.
Dylan
Before the show and during the intermission, two TV screens showed classic black-and-white commercials from the 1960s. The host of the show played a fictional TV host named Roy Solomon (in a fictionalized version of the Ed Sullivan Show). Everyone was dressed in mid-1960s fashion. The actors played various 1960s British artists, doing the actual singing, but as an air-band (a live band hidden behind the back curtain provided the actual music).
Presented in the form of a fictional TV show, Roy Solomon described the show as bringing back artists from the British Invasion. The band featured most was, of course, the Beatles, who appeared at three separate times (as both the first and last band and just before the intermission), but many other artists made an appearance, including the Dave Clark Five, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Hollies, Herman's Hermits, Donovan, the Zombies, the Searchers, Mick Jagger, Eric Burton, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark and more. Each performed one or more of their best known songs.
Besides the rock and pop singers, there was some entertainment I didn't expect, including a man and a woman doing a couple of magic acts and some musical numbers from the musicals Camelot and My Fair Lady. The whole show was full of jokes and humour. The actors really knew how to get the audience involved, getting them to sing along, clap to the music and so on. Personally, I love 1960s music so much that I didn't need encouragement to sing along. It was as if I had traveled back in time and it actually was the 1960s.
It was such a great show. I'm really glad I got to go.
Dylan