THE annual PE Gilbert & Sullivan Society Valentine’s full stage cabaret is now in its fourth year and this year they have four performances of the production named “All you need is love” at the Savoy Theatre.

The first performance was last night, with the other performances scheduled for tonight, as well as on Friday and Saturday at 7.30pm.

As the society’s major fundraiser for the year, everyone involved gives their time and talent for the cause and the concept has proven to be a light-hearted winner with audiences.

This year Rose Cowpar once again directs a talented line-up of performers singing and dancing their way through some all-time favourite songs. The programme will take patrons on a tour of Broadway, as well as a trip down memory lane.

As usual the seating is cabaret style at tables, so all the audience needs to do is sit, sing along and enjoy a drink or two while they snack on their own picnic baskets.

This year G&S has introduced a dance floor and the show is designed to get audiences up out of their seats for everything from a slow dance to a partying final act.

The list of numbers is definitely not all schmaltzy love songs, as the tempos vary widely through items such as Come Fly With Me, Valerie, Copacabana, It’s Raining Men, Dream a Little Dream, Teenage Dream, L.O.V.E, Somewhere Out There and, naturally, All You Need is Love.

This year’s cast features some familiar faces from the 2011 G & S productions. Ace Magxaki appears fresh from his stellar performances lead performances in Beauty and the Beast, Legends of Broadway and Oklahoma! and recently was named as the of this year’s Showtime Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

Anton Crouse appeared in Oklahoma! and returns for his second Valentine’s Cabaret. Melissa Jantjies, the giggling Gertie in Oklahoma!, and 2011 G&S Best Novice Chorus Award winner, Jade du Toit, are joined by their fellow cast member from Legends of Broadway.

Pocket powerhouse Mandisa Tiso, Bennie Gerber, Cecile Jansen and Stephen Coetzee, who appeared in Fiela’s Child, are also along for the ride and resident musical director, Richard Campbell, steps out in style to sing a couple of numbers.

Tickets costs R80 and are available by calling Rose Cowpar on 072 906 1977.