2007 Pepper News

That Pepper Effect Is 'The Best Pepper Show Yet'

That Pepper Effect opened on Saturday 14 July for seven performances at Berkhamsted Collegiate School’s Centenary Theatre and was declared to be ‘The best Pepper Show yet’ by regular show attendees on its opening night.

The second show to be written and directed by Paul Eccentric took up the story of the winner of last year’s Pepper Factor as he struggled to come to terms with the realities of his newfound fame and fortune. Surrounded by people who all wanted a slice of his success and who stopped at nothing to get it, Jack (now restyled JJ Flash), realised there was no way out of the new life he had chosen – or was there?

Great music is, as always at the heart of the two hour show and audiences enjoyed performances which ranged from Jumping Jack Flash through Sex ‘n’ Drugs ‘n’ Rock & Roll, Just A Gigolo and The Long & Winding Road to Shine and I Put A Spell On You.

A cast of musicians and actors backed by a rock ensemble and Big Band Jazz 3000 performed the music and children from Pepper Youth made a strong contribution to the show.

That Pepper Effect is Berkhamsted’s biggest and best live musical extravaganza featuring music performed by local performers, rock musicians, Big Band Jazz 3000 and children from Pepper Youth. State-of-the-art lighting, sparkling sound and an amazing stage set combine to provide a musical night out to remember.

Comments from people who attended the show included –

‘I thought the show was highly creative and superbly produced to appeal to a wide age range because of the selection of songs’

‘Highlights were the blending of rock and big band with the revolving stage to enable quick changes. There was pace, polish and variety which provided a great showcase
for a lot of individual talent’

‘I thought this year’s show reached an amazingly high standard. The singing was superb, music excellent, lighting and stage design spectacular and sound perfect’

‘Pepper Youth excelled themselves again'

The annual Pepper Show is organised entirely by volunteers to raise funds for the Pepper Children’s Nursing Team that cares for local children with terminal and life-limiting illnesses. The amount of money raised has now been announced as in excess of £30,000.

In the meantime, next year’s performance will celebrate our 20th anniversary of the summer show, therefore you can expect an extravaganza of impressive proportions to reflect on the journey made by hundreds of volunteers over those twenty years who made the show the success it is today. The amount of money raised over that period far exceeds £1m, which represents a huge effort by so many.

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