The curtain will rise on a high-energy production of Legally Blonde the Musical at Artscape on 3 February 2024 \u2013 and two teachers from Milnerton High School will take centre stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group\u2019s previous show was the highly successful Hairspray, also at Artscape and just before the Covid-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/em>, The Wizard of Oz<\/em>, Chicago<\/em>, Cabaret<\/em>, Guys and Dolls<\/em>, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers<\/em>, Annie<\/em>, The Sound of Music<\/em>, Shout! The Mod Musical<\/em>, Oklahoma!<\/em> and most recently, Hairspray<\/em> in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n She directed and choreographed The Full Monty<\/em> at GrandWest in 2017. Her long list of high school productions includes District Six the Musical<\/em>, 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n All cast members have other jobs as the theatre group uses any profit from a show to help fund their next production. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPinelands Players is a theatre society with a long, proud, award-winning history of community theatre spanning more than 70 years. We don\u2019t do this for money, but for the love of theatre,\u201d says Laura, the chair of Pinelands Players. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt 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,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Legally Blonde the Musical was nominated for seven Tony Awards, 10 Drama Desk Awards and five Laurence Olivier Awards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Featuring hit songs such as \u201cOmigod You Guys\u201d, \u201cBend and Snap\u201d and \u201cSo Much Better\u201d, the show promises a high-energy production with an amazing chorus line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The show is for everyone over the age of 10, with its foot-stomping, hip-swinging, catchy songs and feel-good messages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Legally Blonde the Musical<\/em> will run from 3 to 18 February 2024 at Artscape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tickets range from R250 to R295 and are on sale now at Webtickets either online or at Pick n Pay stores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The curtain will rise on a high-energy production of Legally Blonde the Musical at Artscape on 3 February 2024 \u2013 and two teachers from Milnerton High School will take centre 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