The curtain will rise on a high-energy production of Legally Blonde the Musical at Artscape on 3 February 2024 – and two teachers from Milnerton High School will take centre stage.
Teachers Laura Bosman, chair of Pinelands Players, and her daughter, Bryony Bosman, will take part in the production that promises a fun and heartwarming tale of empowerment, romance and sisterhood crushes stereotypes with its pink stilettos and is the biggest production to date by Pinelands Players.
The group’s previous show was the highly successful Hairspray, also at Artscape and just before the Covid-19 lockdown.
Laura Bosman is an English and drama teacher at Milnerton High School and has been a member of Pinelands Players for 30 years. She has been performing since the age of seven, has won multiple Cata awards, appeared in well-known productions such as Grease, The Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Annie, The Sound of Music, Shout! The Mod Musical, Oklahoma! and most recently, Hairspray in 2019.
She directed and choreographed The Full Monty at GrandWest in 2017. Her long list of high school productions includes District Six the Musical, attended by both David Kramer and the former Archbishop Emeritus Dr Desmond Tutu, and her shows have won the annual High School Jam competition several times.
The cast
Laura will play the role of Paulette Buonufonte, while Bryony will be one of the two cast members playing Elle. (There are two casts for this production.)
All cast members have other jobs as the theatre group uses any profit from a show to help fund their next production.
Cata award-winning director Kyla Thorburn leads a talented cast with musical direction by Barend van der Westhuizen. For some of the cast, it is a return to the iconic Artscape stage, for others, it will be an exciting first-time debut.
“Pinelands Players is a theatre society with a long, proud, award-winning history of community theatre spanning more than 70 years. We don’t do this for money, but for the love of theatre,” says Laura, the chair of Pinelands Players.
“It may be a volunteer show, but with our very talented cast you are not going to see an amateur show; you are going to see a professional production. And nothing beats the thrill of live theatre,” she explains.
Legally Blonde the Musical was nominated for seven Tony Awards, 10 Drama Desk Awards and five Laurence Olivier Awards.
Featuring hit songs such as “Omigod You Guys”, “Bend and Snap” and “So Much Better”, the show promises a high-energy production with an amazing chorus line.
The show is for everyone over the age of 10, with its foot-stomping, hip-swinging, catchy songs and feel-good messages.
Legally Blonde the Musical will run from 3 to 18 February 2024 at Artscape.
Tickets range from R250 to R295 and are on sale now at Webtickets either online or at Pick n Pay stores.
