A group of four Macedon Ranges singers will perform songs from iconic musical theatre shows at Gisborne Uniting Church this Sunday.
The Sunsets – Tasha Luke, Rexine Perry, Helen Keenan and Lucy Watson – will present songs from shows including Oliver!, Les Miserables, Wicked, West Side Story, Mamma Mia!, Chicago, Waitress, The Little Mermaid and more.
The singers have been performing around the Ranges for the past few years as ‘The Sunsets.
Luke has also performed with Pollyphonics Choir and a capella group Takt, while Perryperformed in UK theatre for many years, before returning to the Ranges, where she has performed in shows such as Redesdale Revellers, The Vessel and Welcome to Us (at The Butterfly Club). Keenan has sung in corporate bands across Victoria, as a chorister in local choirs, and now as a therapeutic music specialist in residential communities. Watson wrote and performed musical sketch and stand-up comedy in Melbourne and London, including several MICF shows, and played in bands, before moving to the Ranges, where she has hosted the Romsey Carols and Kyneton Dog Dash.
The Sunsets said they are excited to bring this original ‘mixtape show’ celebrating the incredible music of Broadway and the West End to Gisborne.
Sunsets Boulevard on June 23 is at Gisborne Uniting Church, 23 Brantome Street, Gisborne, from 2pm, and will be followed by afternoon tea.
Tickets cost $25 for adults and $20 for students and concession card holders, and are available at the door or from Maree, 5428 3852), or Isobelle, 5428 2275).
Proceeds from the show will go to the Gisborne Secondary College chaplaincy fund.
