DURBAN promises to rock on Saturday, September 3, when the international hit show Queen: It’s a Kinda Magic finally makes it to local stages, after a three-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In the title role of Freddie Mercury will be Kearsney College old boy Warren Vernon-Driscoll. Rusty Red features as Brian May on lead guitar; Andre van der Merwe is the bass guitarist John Deacon; and Michael Dickens, hailing from Hilton, is Roger Taylor.
The show has toured the country previously, but this is just the second South African performance by this specific cast, who played in Boksburg in 2019.
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Vernon-Driscoll, the quietly spoken 29-year-old will perform lead vocals and piano in Freddie Mercury’s original key, in a show promising all the wit, charm and bravado of the legend himself. With big sound, big screens, crazy lighting and outlandish costumes, the show will deliver for Durban audiences.
Vernon-Driscoll and Dickens both attended the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir School. Vernon-Driscoll then proceeded to Kearsney College for Grades 10 to 12. He was able to showcase his talent on the world stage whilst at the school, where he performed with and ultimately led the internationally acclaimed Kearsney College Choir, winning gold medals at the World Choir Games in China and in Cincinnati, United States.
This will be the long-running production’s first South African performance in over three years after public events were halted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The show promises over two hours of Queen hits, including Bohemian Rhapsody, We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, I Want to Break Free, Don’t Stop Me Now, Somebody to Love, Under Pressure, Fat-Bottomed Girls, Another One Bites the Dust, Radio Ga Ga and more.
Date: Saturday, September 3
Venue: The Globe at Suncoast, Durban
Tickets: start at R150 and may be purchased through Ticketpro
