Members of Kent students, staff and alumni are taking to the Marlowe stage mid-April with local amateur theatre company Canterbury Operatic Society in their production of Oklahoma!

Students Eleanor Farley and Beth Aherne alongside staff members, Leanne Hardy, Mariah Young and Marina Ivanova will be performing with a talented cast of local performers, including some Kent alumni, from Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 April including two matinees on the Friday and Saturday.

Oklahoma!, the first musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, making it an even more special production. It is a colourful and energetic musical about an obstacle-filled love story between the dashing cowboy Curly McLain and Laurey Williams, a winsome yet willful farm girl.

The story is set against a colourful background of high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys – pistols and all! The show is chock full of upbeat showtunes and promises to be a very entertaining evening.

Book your tickets online now via the Marlowe Theatre Website.