David Scobie hit fame as a 14 year old school boy when he recorded and released a song, Gypsy Girl, that topped the charts in Rhodesia (which is Zimbabwe now). He hasn’t been seen in Zimbabwe for some 26 years so when Marianne read that he was doing a concert tour and would be in Harare for a one night show on the 29th August and suggested we get a group of friends together and go to the show it was a no-brainer. In the end only three of us went but it was a capacity crowd at the Reps Theatre in town and huge fun. He does a very good impression of Neil Diamond and the show “Neil Diamond Masterworks” was thoroughly enjoyed by the crowd whose age reflected the era of the music.
Reps Theatre is an amateur theatre society that stages all manner of plays, music and dance shows. How they manage to keep going is a minor miracle in the tough economic environment of Zimabawe. The theatre decor was showing its age but the sound system was good and the bar was humming. Support them if you can!
Zimbabwe Absurdity 