Vienna’s English Theatre presents “Undercover Star”

By Robin Kingsland

On the 18^th of February 2016, the first and second grades at our College for Nursery Education went to see this year’s performance of Vienna’s English Theatre, “Undercover Star”.

Would you like to be a celeb for a week? It surely is “a dream come true” for Hannah, a fashion student, who is asked to act as a stand-in for the Grammy-nominated pop star Ivy Rose. Hannah is chosen by Rose’s PAs, Carole and Darrell, due to her 90% facial resemblance with the superstar. Impersonating a celeb is truly challenging, but Hannah does her best to act and speak like Ivy Rose and gradually becomes more confident in the spotlight. She even survives a romantic dinner with Ivy Rose’s secret boyfriend, heartthrob Breen Calvin, whom she accidentally leaves heartbroken. Although Hannah enjoys the glamorous life of a star with all this media attention, she realizes that a lot of it is based on half-truths and lies. Soon Hannah finds out the real reason for Ivy Rose’s absence and finally succeeds in revealing the real writer of Rose’s number one-hit single “Never would lie to you”, Jemma Walker, to the public. The play ends as Hannah, Jemma and Hannah’s brother Sam, an up-and-coming musician, work on a new album, produced by Darrell.   

The troupe of young and talented British actors and actresses could once more delight their audience with a thrilling and humorous show. The following comments give a better picture of our students’ perception of “Undercover Star”.