Win tickets to RAIN A Tribute to the Beatles

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Win one of two double tickets to Rain – A Tribute to The Beatles at the Teatro at Montecasino on Wednesday August 24, 2011 at 8pm with Northern Joburg Media!

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RAIN A Tribute to the Beatles wins award in New York prior to Teatro season

RAIN - A Tribute to the Beatles, presented by Jacaranda94.2, will soon perform live on stage at the Teatro at Montecasino from 23 August to 04 September 2011. The show, which is about to celebrate its 341 Broadway performance, recently received The Drama Desk for Outstanding Revue at the 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards for excellence in New York Theatre.

Rain was originally booked to perform on Broadway for a six-week season. Nine months later, this popular family show enjoys a phenomenal run. “When we originally opened RAIN at the Neil Simon we were thrilled for the chance to share this successful touring show with the Broadway community,” producer Jeff Parry said.

“The opportunity to move theatres and continue playing for an additional seven months at the Brooks Atkinson has exceeded our wildest expectations. It’s been an incredible journey and we look forward to continuing the North American tour of RAIN and launching international engagements in Singapore and Johannesburg this summer.”

Rave reviews from American print media such as The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune have hailed this nostalgic hit show “ a multi-media and multi-dimensional production a stunning visual experience”. “Parents (and grandparents) and kids are on their feet bopping like crazy.” says The Courier Post, summing up the audiences reaction to the show while the Buffalo News review says it all: “As close to a genuine Beatles experience as is possible in this present day”.

From the clean-cut ‘Fab Four’ from Liverpool to the 70’s peace songs and the individual styles of four legendary musicians, RAIN performs the full range of The Beatles' discography live onstage, including the most complex and challenging songs that The Beatles themselves recorded in the studio but never performed for an audience.

Together longer than The Beatles, RAIN has mastered every song, gesture and nuance of the legendary foursome, delivering a totally live, note-for-note performance in this multi-media concert, that’s as infectious as it is transporting. From the early hits to later classics (I Want To Hold Your Hand, Hard Day’s Night, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Let It Be, Come Together, Hey Jude and more), this adoring tribute will take you back to a time when all you needed was love, and a little help from your friends!

Like The Beatles, the onstage members of RAIN are not only supreme musicians, but also electrifying performers in their own right. Mac Ruffing (vocals, bass, guitar, piano), started playing drums as a teen, but found a Hofner bass and had to have it. Naturally right-handed, Mac taught himself to play left-handed. Mac’s musical talents include playing the piano and guitar. Jimmy Pou (vocals, lead guitar, guitar synthesizer), played “George” in Beatlemania in Los Angeles, Chicago and world tour; he joined “1964 The Tribute” performing at Carnegie Hall; created his solo show “An Evening with George”; performed with Beatlemania Now and has recorded three CD’s of his own original musical. Douglas Cox (vocals, drums, percussion) has drummed for 16 years in Dallas’ top Beatles tribute, A Hard Night’s Day.

Musicians back home say Doug has always naturally had that signature “Ringo” style, even as a 12 year old learning the trap set. Jimmy Irizarry (vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica) naturally captures the look and sound of John Lennon and transforms himself through all eras of The Beatles as well as recreating John’s famous humour and onstage antics. Chris Smallwood (keyboard and percussion) is an established musician who received a bachelor of music from Belmont University in Nashville in 2008 and in 2010 earned his master of music from the University of Louisville.