Cruisin’ the Musical

St Mary’s Catholic College, Cairns

It seems all of Cairns was abuzz when Cruisin’ – the Musical came to life at the Cairns Civic Theatre in April.

The school doesn’t do musicals by half. It hired the 700 seat venue for four nights, built a large spectacular set and was excited when word of mouth saw the house full sign going up on closing night.

The school reports, “audiences at all four performances were enthralled by our talented students. The swinging rock’n’roll tunes had everyone tapping their feet, while the dancers brought back memories of days gone by.”

Cruisin’, written by Rod Christian and Peter Waterman from Perth, is a 50’s rock’n’roll musical about a ‘good Italian boy’ who wants to become a pop star. It has lots of comedy as young Vinnie rebels against his father’s wish to work in the family business. A play-off in the battle of the bands brings the drama to a head. The musical also has good dance opportunities from the score, which has Latin, rock and jive numbers.

Cruisin’ has now been performed across Australia, in New Zealand, UK and USA.