Tickets are now on sale for the 2018 College Musical - BACK TO THE '80s
Be transported back to a time of acid wash jeans, Rubik's cubes, and fluoro leg warmers, with this year's College Musical Back to the '80s. With nearly 200 students, teachers and parents involved in the production, this show is set to be an extravaganza of colour, fun and, of course, many of your favourite '80s tunes.
There are three performances to choose from and tickets are now on sale.
Date: Thursday 2, Friday 3 and Saturday 4 August at 7.30pm
BOOKINGS: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=394310
Our digital program is now available for you to view at www.mlmc80.com
Some of the ‘80s tunes the audience will hear include: Footloose, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Video Killed the Radio Star, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, 9-5, Material Girl, I've Had the Time of My Life, Let's Hear It For The Boy, Kids in America, Man in the Mirror, Love Shack and Centrefold.
The team have been working on the production since March, rehearsing four hours a week and longer rehearsals will happen in the lead-up to the performances. All up, the students will have put in about 150 hours of work into the musical. Plenty of time was put in over the recent school holidays. Several teachers built the sets along with a couple of members of the Arts and maintenance teams. We also had two full-day rehearsals in the second week.
Here is a synopsis of the production:
A pop culture trip down memory lane, Back to the '80s tells the story of Corey Palmer and his senior year of high school, his best friends, the class bully, and the girl he loves. The show begins in the present day, with Corey taking us back to his memories of his time at William Ocean High School. We see him reminisce as he tells us about how his friends Kirk and Alf started their bid to be senior class president and vice-presidents, only to have the opportunity stolen by bully, Michael Feldman. We learn that to make Corey’s life worse, Michael has also stolen away Tiffany Houston, Corey’s long-time crush. But this isn’t the only relationship on the rocks, we are also introduced to teachers Mr Crocker and Ms Brannigan, who are fighting in their not-so-secret romance; Michael, who is posing as new girl Eileen’s mysterious secret admirer; and Tiffany’s friend Cyndi, who doesn’t want to give her admirer Billy the time of day. Just for kicks, add in a charity concert for Africa, a Star Wars-inspired dream sequence, and an Eye of the Tiger final showdown between Michael and class geek Feargal McFerrin, and you've got one seriously complicated life of an '80s teenager.
Get your dancing shoes ready — we'll see you there!
