A joint effort from Musical Theatre Dunedin, Taieri Musical Society, and DKCM Productions, the show celebrates a decade of musicals in the city. Director Doug Kamo said musical theatre in Dunedin had suffered the double blows of losing planned productions of Les Miserables and Mama Mia! "Things were looking pretty dire, so it became clear that we needed to try and do something to bring musical theatre to life this year," he said. With large-scale productions becoming increasingly popular in recent years, musical theatre in the city had a solid patron base of about 10,000 people. Performing the songs is a very large and enthusiastic local cast, including 25 experienced lead performers among 60 adults and 70 children learning about musical theatre in a Taieri Musical Society school holiday programme.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 10, 2020 21:44 UTC