Blue Eyes - A Cabaret With A Story

To start your theatre experience at Off Broadway: the fab Lisa Lorrell with songs from the great American songbook (30 mins approx)
(Please note: there will be alternative entertainment on Sunday 20 August)

Blue Eyes (90 Mins)
Blue Eyes - A Cabaret With A Story, with Sharnie Carlyle as Frances
featuring many of Frank Sinatra's songs with Kaitlyn Tanoa'i, Reuben Su'a & Jack Styles
Backing Vocalists: Vanessa Newman, Michele Thorne, Caroline Thomas, &Elise Phillips
Backed by a 7-piece band

NZ Playwright April Phillips has created a touching storyline into which she has woven many Sinatra favourites. As Frances prepares to farewell her beloved Mum, she visits the family home and finds some old letters. They are fan letters to Frank Sinatra, written by her late Mum when she was young, but never posted. As Frances reads them and learns of her Mum’s hopes and dreams, we are taken back to the '60s nightclub scene where, as a young woman, Frances' Mum regularly performs along with Jimmy and Andy, backed by a great live band and treating their audiences to some great Sinatra songs. But what happened to those dreams? Frances reads on – and finds out.

Directed by Barb Hieatt with Musical Direction by Paul G Radden