TRIBUTE TO ARETHA FRANKLIN Join favourite all female vocal group, 4 Tons of Fun in a fitting tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. This is a chance to see four of Cape Town’s finest vocalists with their amazing voices, big talents and big laughs celebrating through song, the life of a woman who influenced generations of singers and touched the lives of so many.

STHE MFUPHI - (also known as Saxy Sthe) has her roots in Kwa Zulu Natal studying jazz at the Natal Technikon before moving to Cape Town in 2002. As a talented songwriter and extraordinary vocalist, she penned three songs for the group’s debut album “Larger than Life. A music video for her original song “Usibali” was released in 2014. She also currently performs as a solo artiste and has been a prelim judge for IDOLS for the past 5 years. BULELWA SAKAYI - (also known as Beautiful Bee) is from the Eastern Cape’s East London. She moved to Cape Town to study chemical engineering but not finding it sufficiently emotionally challenging, she decided to pursue a career in the performing arts, singing in choral ensembles and joining an actor’s agency. She has traveled internationally performing in a number of film productions including the widely acclaimed UCarmen EKhayelitsha as Frasquita. She is frequently seen in television advertisements and on stage as well as adding the playful flavour to 3 Tons of Fun. MICHELLE THOMAS - (known as Mysterious Michelle) is a home-grown girl. Losing her drummer father at an early age was the catalyst for Michelle to begin to sing and perform. Despite her family’s ambition of her achieving a Bachelor’s degree at UWC which she eventually abandoned in the third year, she decided to follow her lifelong passion of singing and performing, joining Sthe and Bee in 2007 to form 3 Tons of Fun. SOI SOI GQEZA - (Sultry Soi Soi) -a Cape Town local, began her singing career as a backing vocalist for artists like Ringo Madlingozi, Brenda Fassie, Lucky Dube and Winston Mankunku Ngozi. Together with her band, she performs at local restaurants, private functions, weddings and corporate events, and has taken her music as far as Spain, Vietnam, Bahrain and Thailand. Her varied repertoire of light jazz standards, Afro-jazz and old-school party favourites has entertained local audiences and dignitaries including former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Nelson Mandela.

Audience Responses

Aretha Franklin was a a "single performer", to do justice to her with 4 singers just did not do it for me, they sounded more like a chorus whereas in my opinion the tribute needed to be done by individuals. In each case one woman taking the lead and the other three act as back up singers. Secondly, when watching a live performance, the eye also wants something. None of the 4 are beauties but why did they dress in identical gear. Slightly better id the second half, but ..... Anyway, we have no desire to seeing them again.

The sound set up was not optimal; there was not enough 'treble' to the sound mix.

We thoroughly enjoyed the show

Great entertainment and interaction between performers and audience. Great in this small, intimate theatre.

Please can you add the GPS co-ordinates of The Drama Factory on your web site

Excellent show. It had the audience dancing in the aisles. Hope to see them again soon! I have seen them before and they impress every time.

5 star - Absolute stunning show! I will definitely recommend them for anyone to see. We had tons of fun! Thank you so much for my winning tickets!

The venue was lovely and intimate. The owner / host was wecolming, offering excellent service and ensuring a wonderful overall experience.

Fun. Fabulous

Would like to see them again tonight. Outstanding and didn’t want the show to end

4 Tons of Fun were great but don't see the relevance of the guy with the wig in the background. The ladies are awesome without this gentleman. Thanx.

A lot of fun. The Drama Factory is such a nice, safe and relaxed place. We always have a lovely evening there.