Luna Paige brings fans a one-night-only-show at this year’s Toyota US Woordfees. Her show includes brand-new songs that toy with the theme of ‘aloneness’.
She explores the highs and lows of being alone, the things we do to avoid being alone and shares inspirational songs about the value of being alone once in a while. She also finds inspiration in poems by renowned poets and reworks these poems into beautiful pieces of music.
She is joined on stage by a team of exemplary musicians - familiar faces at the Woordfees - Frank Freeman on guitar, Schalk Joubert on bass and drummer Jonno Sweetman. The highlight of the show promises to be the long-awaited collaboration between Luna Paige, composer and choir arranger Franco Prinsloo, and the Zolani Youth Choir.
Paige met the choir leader, Mr Odwa Mvunga, many years ago. After meeting and sharing the stage with Franco Prinsloo at Woordfees 2022, and reconnecting with the Zolani Youth Choir at the Montagu Art Deco Festival earlier this year (2023), she decided the time was right to invite this community youth choir to join her on stage. She invited Franco Prinsloo to arrange the music for the choir.
“I would like to inspire people with these beautiful songs and performances. I want to show that we are together in our aloneness, that we can motivate each other to use our alone time to practice staying true to ourselves, to keep growing and to learn to accept and love ourselves - so we can invite healthy and meaningful relationships into our lives. Working with these talented young people has reminded me how important music is – how it transcends perceived boundaries, how it mysteriously moves people: changes minds, perceptions and touches the hearts of people in the most profound ways.” – Luna Paige
Tickets for Saam (All)een cost R185 per person and can be purchased via Quicket.
One night only!
Sunday, 8 October at 20:30
Venue: Drostdy Theatre, Stellenbosch
Ticket link: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/223526-saam-alleen/#/
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