DECADES OF DIVAS
CARROLL FOSTER, KATIE PENNINGTON AND EILEEN BUTLER PILOT WHO HAIL FROM TEXAS,
MICHIGAN AND CAPE TOWN RESPECTIVELY, GOT TOGETHER TO ESTABLISH THEIR HIGHLY
SUCCESSFUL CABARET SHOW WHICH THEY CALLED "THREE'S COMPANY".
ENCOURAGED BY THE RUNAWAY POPULARITY OF THIS SHOW WHICH SAW THEM PERFORMING FOR
PRESIDENTS, NATIONAL SPORTS TEAMS AND COUNTLESS VISITORS FROM OVERSEAS, THEY
HAVE DECIDED TO PUT TOGETHER A TOTALLY NEW SHOW, THIS TIME FEATURING SOLO
ARTISTS WHO FORMED PART OF THEIR MUSICAL EDUCATION WHILE GROWING UP IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
THIS CONCEPT FORMS THE BASIS OF THEIR 45 MINUTE CABARET SHOW WHICH CELEBRATES
AND SALUTES ARTISTS LIKE ARETHA FRANKLIN, GLORIA GAYNOR, TINA TURNER, BONNIE
RAITT, GLORIA ESTEFAN, CELINE DION AND THE AGELESS CHER, AMONGST OTHERS. THE
SONGS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO CELEBRATE THEIR DIFFERENT STYLES AND THE ABILITY OF
THESE WOMEN TO CONSTANTLY REINVENT THEMSELVES.
IN THE WORDS OF ONE OF THE GREATEST PERFORMERS WHO FEATURE IN THE ACT - "ITS
SIMPLY THE BEST"
REPERTOIRE - THE DIVAS
ARETHA FRANKLIN
Respect/Natural Woman/Jumpin Jack Flash
GLORIA ESTEFAN
Turn the Beat Around/Conga/Get on your Feet/
CHER
Believe/Shoop Shoop Song//I Got You Babe
CELINE DION
That's the Way it is/A new day has come/My Heart will go On
TINA TURNER
Simply the Best//What's Love got to do with it/Private Dancer
BONNIE RAITT
Let's give them something to talk about/Nick of Time/Love sneakin' up on you
BETTE MIDLER
From a Distance/Wind Beneath My wings/The Rose
DISCO DIVAS
Donna Summer (Hot Stuff)/ Gloria Gaynor (I will Survive/) Alicia Bridges (I Love
the Nightlife)
MADONNA
Like a Virgin/Material Girl/Don't Cry for me Argentina
BARBRA STREISAND
The way we were/People/Hello Dolly
SA DIVAS
Sanbonani/African Dream/Special Star
BRITISH DIVAS
Petula Clarke (Downtown)/Cilla Black (Your'e My World)/Dusty Springfield (I only
wanna be with
you)
SOUTH AFRICAN DIVAS
PJ Powers (Sanbonani)/Vicki Sampson (African Dream)/Claire Johnson of Mango
Groove (Special Star)