Copacabana

Reports from the dress rehearsal of Copacabana, the Academy's summer show at the macrobert theatre, Stirling, indicate that four entertaining and exciting performances lie ahead.

Tickets for the nights of Tuesday 22nd June to Friday 25th June can still be purchased from the macrobert Box Office - 01786 466666.

Inspired by Barry Manilow's hit song "Copacabana", this is a story of love and romance set in the world of 1940s Broadway nightclubs. While creating the world's next big hit, Stephen (played by Robin Crosbie), an aspiring songwriter, is carried back to an era when "musicand passion were always the fashion" at the famous Copacabana nightclub in New York City. In his dream Lola Lamar (Jane Shedden), a hopeful showgirl, is launched on the path to stardom as a Copa Girl with the help of Tony Starr (also Robin Crosbie), a bartender with dreams of his own. Captivated by by Lola's performance, the villainous Rico (Sam Cartwright) whisks her away to the Tropicana nightclub in Havana. From this exotic, distant new world, a tale of old fashioned love, jealousy and murder in the entangled lives of Lola, Tony, Rico and Conchita (Christina Riddell) unfolds amidst dazzling costumes, spectacular sets and sensational choreography.

There was blood and a single gunshot, but just who shot who?