There’s just something about the infectious happy beat of the ’50s that keeps audiences craving more.
Going back to Bill Haley and the Comets and followed by all-time greats like Elvis, the ’50s bring images of a simpler time filled with hope and fun.
That’s just what the At The Hop 50s revue at the Sphinx Hotel captures, stepping audiences back into the decade of Marilyn Monroe, Little Richard, Doris Day and songs from the Grease soundtrack.
A cast of young up-and-coming performers croon, swoon and buffoon their way through best of the era’s rock ‘n’ roll tunes in a fabulous all singing, all dancing two set revue.
Backed by cool props and sensational costumes, the collection of songs gives everyone – even those born well past the decade – as taste of just what the ’50s were like.
The interactive show gets in among the audience, with performers leaving the stage and starting impromptu dance competitions and getting audiences up out of their seats to join in the hand jive.
It’s a toe tapping show that’s sure to stir the rock ‘n’ roll heat in every guy and gal that loves to move to the beat.
The stars of At The Hop include Elise Brennan, a graduate of the University of Ballarat Arts Academy, who has appeared in Guys and Dolls as Mimi and toured with James Reyne as a backing singer.
Elise played the wife of Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys and had the privilege of working with Geoffrey Rush in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
Ranjeet Starr has performed internationally in numerous tours of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS, playing the roles of Munkustrap and the Rum Tum Tugger.
Back home he has played roles in Annie Get Your Gun with Marina Prior, Camelot, The Boy From Oz with Hugh Jackman, The Pajama Game and Fiddler on the Roof starring Topol.
Ranjeet is also the male voice of the free GPS smartphone app Whereis.
Luigi Lucente has appeared in a wide range of shows including The Rocky Horror Show, Pippin, Assassins, Wicked, Jersey Boys and Guys and Dolls.
Anyone who’s a fan of the ’50s and hopelessly devoted to fun then this show is a must.
At The Hop is at the Sphinx from 7pm on 28 November with tickets costing $52 for the show and a meal or $25 for the show only.
