Are you ready for singing nuns, gangsters and the positive power of sisterhood?
Than make way for Queen Margaret’s Schools’ production of the musical Sister Act this weekend at the school.
With a cast of students ranging from Grades 5-12, great music and dance numbers and a perfectly dizzying rotation of sets, Sister Act is an ambitious undertaking, as theatregoers have been seeing in the past few years as, across the Cowichan Valley, students take to musical theatre with gusto.
Paul Totzke is back as director. His work with the school includes What Andy Warhol Never Told Me and The Secret Life of Girls.
“Sister Act is a really funny show with wonderful music that will entertain everyone,” shares Totzke. “The cast is filled with very talented young performers who have been working hard to bring this show together. We cannot wait to showcase this production.”
Based on the 1992 film of the same name, Sister Act tells the story of aspiring disco diva Deloris Van Cartier.
Trying to work her way to the top in 1970s Philadelphia, Deloris falls in love with a very tough — and very married — gangster boyfriend named Curtis, and when she sees him commit a murder she ends up in hiding on police orders in a convent whose parish has fallen on hard times.
The glamorous singer finds her calling working with the nuns’ choir, breathing new life into the dusty convent while discovering a sisterhood she’s never had before.
Shows are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on April 27 and 28, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 29. Find your way back to the QMS Fine Arts Hall and enjoy a fun evening.
Tickets $10 each. Call 250-746-4185 or email reception@qms.bc.ca to reserve yours.