Boasting rave reviews like “Brilliant;  Well worth it!” from Tygervalley Barnyard Theatre audiences, who saw the show, with a rating of 5 out 5, as well as rave reviews from The Drama Factory patrons like  “Awesome show; absolutely brilliant, so professional with talent out of the top drawer; accomplished musicians; exceptional entertainment by true professionals; great trip down memory lane; best ever heard at The Drama Factory”, Duck Chowles and Andy Murray of Barnyard fame, and The Retro Rewind Band will be back, by popular demand, to bring you an evening of music and harmony, featuring the greatest hits of two of the best-selling, most influential and most successful music groups of the 1960s: Simon & Garfunkel and The Beatles! 

 The iconic British Beatles, revolutionized music forever, while the popular American folk-rock group, Simon & Garfunkel, were distinguished by their intuitive harmonies and Paul Simon’s songwriting talent.  Duck Chowles and Andy Murray’s voices blend in perfect harmony to some of the greatest songs ever written in popular music. Andy Murray features on  acoustic guitar, lead guitar and vocals, while frontman Duck Chowles features  on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, backed by The Retro Rewind Band with drummer, Alan Lloyd, and bassist, Karl Hering … both accomplished and experienced musicians, who performed in various Barnyard productions.

Duck Chowles and Andy Murray have been at the forefront of the South African entertainment industry for more than 3 decades.  They started working together in 1993 at The National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, in a Tribute to The Rolling Stones, called “Sticky Fingers”. They continued performing together in countless hit shows such as “Sixty Something”, “Roll over Beethoven”, “Glory Days”, “Station 70” and many more. 

Duck and Andy’s perfect harmony blend for The Beatles’ sound is one of their trademarks, and they toured with the hit show, “The Fab 4”- A Tribute to The Beatles throughout South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia and enjoyed sold-out performances in 2013 at the Madinat Theatre, situated in the exclusive Jumeirah Hotel in Dubai.

The Beatles’ catalogue is represented from their early days with hits such as She Loves You, A Hard Day’s Night and Eight Days a Week to the early Paul Simon compositions such as Homeward Bound, The Boxer and Mrs Robinson. Highlights in the show include the beautiful, iconic The Sounds of Silence, Bridge over Troubled Waters, Yesterday, While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Here Comes the Sun. The first half ends on a rocking note with The Beatles’ hit, Come Together. 

The party gets underway in the second half with sing-alongs such as Hey Jude, Cecelia, Yellow Submarine and Ob La Di, Ob La Da, to mention but a few. 

 

 

Audience Responses

really enjoyed my first visit to the venue. great show.

Show was GREAT. I wish the drummer would consider wearing something a little more hip - he looks like the band's accountant ! Please consider amending your booking system website so that it is possible to book both an adult and a pensioner - or a adult and a student on the same 'form' Not the end of the world at all but simply a refinement. Don't change a thing about Drama Factory !

Loved how they engaged the audience. Thanks for a lovely show.

Absolutely fantastic!! The best you can get!!!Please bring them back!!!!

Highly musical musos

Very much enjoyed But missed some of the more popular Beetles numbers

Very much enjoyed But missed some of the more popular Beetles numbers

Very much enjoyed But missed some of the more popular Beetles numbers

Great evening brings back wonderful memories.

Most enjoyable evening with great music and entertainment - we will be back

Great! A bit bizarre dancing in a mask😱 But COVID rules followed completely.... well done!

Very enjoyable show. I thoroughly liked it!

Very enjoyable show. I thoroughly liked it!

Excellent!

Brilliant! 👍🥳

we loved every minute

Andy Murray deserves the description ".... and the boy can play". Wonderful and joyful evening. Thanks Sue.

Andy Murray deserves the description ".... and the boy can play". Wonderful and joyful evening. Thanks Sue.

Andy Murray deserves the description ".... and the boy can play". Wonderful and joyful evening. Thanks Sue.

They were excellent. Felt sorry for them because they hard to work extra hard to get the crowd into the right atmosphere but they were really excellent.

Excellent show - fine selection of songs, well performed by competent musicians. The sound control, lighting and fog effects were also great. Thanks too to the guys for dressing appropriately for the musical material.

Excellent show - fine selection of songs, well performed by competent musicians. The sound control, lighting and fog effects were also great. Thanks too to the guys for dressing appropriately for the musical material.

Great evening.

Excellent. They should do a tribute to the Rolling Stones as well.

Awesome incredible musicians!

Awesome incredible musicians!

Wish the other performers could say something too.

Loved it .... and so did my family and friends....sit at the back, always a win.Happy Christmas to you all x Audrey

Great Harmonies and music. Super audience participation. A really good show

It was great. Thanks!!!

It was great. Thanks!!!

In a word FANTASTIC

fabulous, well presented, and a great story too. Love the venue and safe parking

As always excellant performance. Even for the 2nd time round as good as the first one a few weeks ago..

I brought along a party of 11... everyone rated it excellent!

I think they were excellent! A most enjoyable evening 😃

The show was fantastic. Would like to attend their next performance.

Totally Stunning, you must get them there more often - very versatile group - they can do plenty more other than Garfunkel & the Beatles Many people there last night were there for the 2nd time with this group

Due to a stomach bug, I was unable to get to the show ☹️ Very sad to have missed it. Will be there at the next show on Sunday.

Just inform people not to use their cell phones during a performance. The light is most annoying. Thank you for a great evening.

Just inform people not to use their cell phones during a performance. The light is most annoying. Thank you for a great evening.

It was such a good show. Thank you!

Absolutely brilliant. So professional and the talent was out of the top drawer.

Exceptional entertainment by true professionals, the whole theatre was rocking and gave us a chance to dance the afternoon away. Thanks very much - cannot wait for the next concert

It was fabulous. What energy they all had and it brought back wonderful memories. Thank you.

Huge thanks to this fabulous duo for bringing such happiness and great memories back into our lives. And big thanks to you Sue for having your special Drama Factory.

Really loved the band and the show. Would love to see more of these kind of shows.

An excellent performance - appreciated and thoroughly enjoyed!

Duck Chowles and Andy Murray were amazing as was the rest of the band! Great show!!

It was a really fun, well put together show, thank you!

Fantastic. A Really enjoyable evening

Great show. Surprised that the 2 lesbians in front of us and quite a few others could not keep quiet during the entire show, crazy world!

Our group of four thoroughly enjoyed the show. Very accomplished musicians and a great vibe generated. Interesting and little known information was provided which added to the enjoyment. Also a good selection of songs.

THE BEST I HAVE EVER HEARD AT THE DRAMA FACTORY !!!!

Great music, great cosy venue. Had a blast!

Haven't bounced AROUND IN MY seat for ages. Most enjoyable evening

We three had a great trip down memory lane and loved the energy of the performance Sally Perry

Excellent

Amazing cast and show. Storyline, links between songs and entire repertoire, riveting from start to finish. Acoustic theme resulted in my entire party praising every aspect of the entire performance. The ambience and friendliness of Drama Factory earns itself 5 infinitely radiant stars. Thank you for a most exceptional evening. John Lee

A lot of good music and fun!

We loved it! Thank you , a great performance. Vicky

I would rate the show a 10. It was fantastic and very professional. Well done

Awesome show, we loved it. Thank you.