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IT had suddenly started raining, my feet were wet and cold, I had bumped my knee a few minutes before and a nasty bruise was forming, my petrol tank was almost empty and I was running late.

So I was not in the best of moods when I arrived at the Kalk Bay Theatre to see Come Fly With Me. And to top it off, I am not really a Frank Sinatra fan, so I was expecting the worst.

But after only a few minutes I was relaxing in my chair with a drink in my hand, snug as a bug in a rug, spellbound.

And that, to me, is the mark of a good show: if it can take you away from your life for an hour or so, help you relax and make you feel all tingly inside, it is a good show ? and a good show it was!

Come Fly With Me is a tribute to the man who invented crooning: Ol? Blue Eyes himself. Anyone who attempts to do a proper Sinatra rendition thus has to be a) a good singer, b) attractive and c) backed by a good band ? which was the case with this stunning cast of Francois Lliam (30-ish, vocals), Derek Hutton (70-ish, piano; watch out for his famous "footnotes") and Trish Bailey (50-ish, bass guitar).

Derek was the quintessential jazz pianist ? trilby, grey beard and all ? while Trish suited the oh-so-cool bassist to a T. And Francois perfectly portrayed the boy next door, simple romantic looking for the girl of his dreams... I almost wanted to take him home!

I now understand the magic of Sinatra; I know why women wanted to be with him, and why men wanted to be him. Go see this show. Really.

? Come Fly With Me shows at the Kalk Bay Theatre, Main Road, Kalk Bay, from 19 March to 12 April on Wednesdays to Saturdays. Tickets are R100, or R230 to R250 with a meal.

Doors open at 18:45; the show starts at 20:30. Phone 073 220 5430 or e-mail bluebottle@iafrica.com.

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