Nunsense

Nunsense (1985) is a musical comedy with a book, music, and lyrics by Dan Goggin ()[1].

The original text

Orignally writtern as a cabaret called The Nunsense Story then expanded into a full-length musical.

Directed by Goggin, it opened on 12 December, 1985, at the Off-Broadway Cherry Lane Theatre, moving to the Douglas Fairbanks Theater for the majority of its ten-year run of 3,672 performances, making it the second-longest running Off-Broadway show in history (after The Fantasticks). An international phenomenon it has been translated into at least 26 languages with more than 8,000 productions worldwide.

Translations and adaptations

The show's astounding success prompted six sequels, a TV series and many other versions and adaptations.

Performance history in South Africa

The popular comedy became a huge money-spinner for producer Pieter Toerien, while also netting a number of awards for the performers in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

1988: It opened at the Alhambra Theatre, Johannesburg on 7 August 1988 and at the Theatre on the Bay on Saturday 10 December. Directed by Tobie Cronjé with Natalie Gamsu, Kate Normington, Gaby Lomberg, Maralin Vanrenen and Suanne Braun. Original music by Kevin Feather, choreography by Sandy Dyer.

1990's: Revived under the direction of Maralin Vanrenen, starring Sarah Theron, Bronwyn Evans, Anne Stradie, Lisa Melman, Taryn Sudding, Michele Maxwell.