Show turns back time to the 90s
Sixteen-year-old Paige Gunson will tell you what she wants, what she really, really wants – and it’s for the 1990s to make a comeback.
The decade filled with denimon-denim, grunge music and girl power was all that and a bag of chips.
It was among the spaghetti straps, the band T-shirts, and the rise of Y2K hysteria that her parents Hamish and Nicola met and fell in love.
‘‘I was born in 2006, but I love the 90s. The style of the 90s, the music – especially the rock music,’’ she says.
Paige is now living out her 90s dreams in a throwback show celebrating everything that made the decade pretty fly. The talented teen is starring in The 90s – Rewind Through Time, staged by New Plymouth Operatic Society in conjunction with Plymouth International.
For as long as the budding rockstar can remember her life has been filled with the hits of the 90s. The sounds of Pearl Jam, Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins burst into the air whenever her dad picked up his guitar. Inspired, she started singing along, learning the piano and before long she
What: The 90s – Rewind Through Time
Where: Plymouth International
When: November 25 to December 17.
Cost: Tickets for the dinner and show are $99 and available from the Plymouth Hotel.
was jamming with him.
Now it’s Hamish who is struck by the sound of 90s music filling the air, but it’s his daughter’s voice belting out the songs of his youth.
So when the father-of-five heard about the 90s throwback show, he signed them both up to audition.
‘‘Paige’s sister Leah was one of the Matildas in Operatic’s show earlier this year and she had a great time, so I thought we would too.’’
With hits from artists like Nirvana, Alanis Morissette, Vengaboys and Spice Girls, Paige and Hamish have found a show that suits them well.
In fact, so many people wanted to be a part of that show that directors Monique Matthews and Antony Saywell had to hold extra auditions.
‘‘In the end we added extra roles into the cast because wow, Taranaki has talent,’’ Saywell says.