Rockville 2069: A Rock Musical
Rockville 2069 is a rock musical created by Bruno Paiola and Johnny Ray, with musical composition by Johnny Ray. Its world premiere was at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town, South Africa on August 29, 2014. Development history Bruno Paiola and Johnny Ray wrote the musical's first draft, inspired by the world's environmental concerns. The first draft was then edited by Cape Town-based playwright Justin Wilkinson, before being refined further following feedback from other industry insiders. Initial arrangements were by Johnny Ray and Kyle Petersen, and these were then scored and adapted by Darryl Andrews in 2010 and 2011. The soundtrack was recorded with sound engineer Andrew Ford and featured artists such as Joseph Clark, Andries Botha, Michael Naranjo, Bronwyn Reddy and Madeleen Falck. The CD launch concert of Rockville 2069: A Rock Musical was held on 18 August 2012 at Kelvin Grove, Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. This introduced the graphic novel and concept album to the public, and thereafter the project was developed into a musical with orchestrations completed by Steve J Wright. Rockville 2069: A Rock Musical, premiered two years later in August 2014. It featured more than sixty artists and musicians from various cultural and