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TC's All Shook Up set for June
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"We are holding auditions for the rock 'n' roll musical All Shook Up,” states Mark Mannisto, executive director of Theatre Cambrian.
"Auditions will be held Jan. 25-30. Theatre Cambrian is searching for men and women of all ages. There are a handful of spaces available for children as well,” adds Mannisto.
The hits are all Elvis! All Shook Up mixes a little bit of Shakespeare with a whole lot of “The King” and guarantees the entire family will be jumpin’ out of their blue-suede shoes! The action is set in Small-town, USA, circa 1955. When “a rolling roustabout with a song in his soul and an eye for the ladies” rambles into town on his motorcycle, guitar slung over the leather jacket on his back, everyone eventually responds with new attitudes and welcome results. Just as in Shakespeare’s light-hearted comedies, everyone falls under love’s spell, but with the “wrong” person. Dennis, the town nerd, loves grease monkey Natalie, who loves the roustabout, Chad, who’s fallen for the museum curator, Miss Sandra, who’s a sucker for men quoting poetry, but not for Jim, the man who pines for her. It gets even more complicated, however, because—just as in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night—there’s a character who undergoes some gender-bending in order to get close to the one she loves. Add to all that the changing cultural climate of 1950's America,
and you get “The best retro rock show since Grease. All Shook Up is not a show about Elvis but definitely is a tribute to his legend and his music and uses the songs he made famous to giveinsight into the madness of falling in love."
The show features 24 classic Presley hits.
Originally scheduled for a production run of May 2010, All Shook Up will now run in June 2010. To book an audition for the production, contact Theatre Cambrian at 524-7317. For information on All Shook Up or any other Theatre Cambrian production, visit www.theatrecambrian.ca
Little Known Facts about Elvis
1: Elvis is in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and Country Music
Hall of Fame. While Elvis was The King of rock 'n' roll, he also had several country music hits. He's also in the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
2: Elvis won three Grammy Awards, but none for rock music. This is one of the most shocking facts. Elvis' Grammys were for his gospel music.
3: Elvis has plastic surgery in the mid-1970s.
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