South African musical CALLING US HOME set for 2023 international tour
Calling Us Home is a story of hope, a story of love and a story of home that ‘premiered’ in Johannesburg with a development run in 2017 and a further development run in Cape Town in 2018.
Composer, Lyricist, Writer, Arranger/Orchestrator Alice Gillham and the Shy Music Team have spent most of 2019 working on the show and establishing strong international relationships and Alice was, in fact, in Berlin in 2020 when Covid struck and the world came to a standstill.
They used the time to form new partnerships in the EU and USA and to explore new ways of creating experiences for their audiences in the ‘New-Normal’ Covid World.
In early 2021 Alice met Peter Flynn and began a cross-continental, virtual conversation with him. Since then Alice and Peter have been working together for several months – forming an exciting creative collaboration – combining their perspectives to create the most authentic version of the Calling Us Home Story.
“Calling Us Home is a story set across two continents – that must be told from different perspectives- African perspectives, American perspectives, Human perspectives and exploring these has been a big part of our work.
It is a story that needs to be authentically told from many different viewpoints – suddenly our village has become a global one,” Alice Gillham expresses.
Of her and Peter’s collaboration Alice says; “Peter and I have been working together for several months already. He is truly wonderful to work with, with his phenomenal experience, insight and fresh and visionary approach.”
In his role as Executive Producer for Shy Music, Daniel Galloway negotiated the deal to bring Peter Flynn on board as Director.
Calling Us Home is an unforgettable, epic musical, fraught with danger, saved by love.
Follow leading lady Grace from her homeland across the sea, and into a land full of new adventures where she finds friendship, heartbreak and love.
Be moved by the soaring music, drums that pulse the heartbeat of a continent, and by an amazing journey that will sweep you from the plains of Africa, across the sea, to the icy North of an American city.
