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Source: Australian Musicals.com
 Queenie
van de Zandt has created a comic masterpiece with Jan van de Stool, the despotic
Dutch 'music therapist' who takes her audience through an hour long therapeutic
musical massage at the back of the Scout Hall after Senior Judo.
Van de Stool, who as a performer is renowned for never hitting the 'big notes'
at the end of a song, tells us that music is merely 'silence with bits added',
and teaches her students to cleanse their chakras (pronounced 'shake - raas' and
complete with an accompanying movement), touch their sacred spot, and discover
interpretive dance.
Much of the comedy comes from van de Stool's hysterical mispronunciation of
words, and the droll countenance of her mute pianist (and tea lady) Helen
(played by David Young). Van de Sandt slips effortlessly into the
characterizations of three students of Jan van de Stool, who aptly demonstrate
the ... ah... abilities of their teacher. Van de Sandt pulls off 'bad singing'
in a way that only vocalists of extreme craft can do.
An unexpected highlight of the show is a performance by Queenie herself, who's
voice strikes resonances with Barbra Streisand and Linda Eder, and lets us know
just what a true talent this lady is. She not only hits the 'big note', but she
nails it.
Anyone who has ever had a singing lesson, or aspired to be a singer, will get a
kick out this show. A definite must-see!
I Get The Music In You plays until the 7th of October Wed and
Fri @ 8:45pm
The Store Room @ The Parkview Hotel Cnr St Georges Rd & Scotchmer St
Fitzroy Nth
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