Staring Lisa Bobbert and Aaron Mcilroy

Written by Aaron Mcilroy

Directed and Choreographed by Daisy Spenser

Lisa Bobbert

Much loved, award-winning actress, Lisa Bobbert has starred in a string of hit musical productions for KickstArt including - Annie, Into The Woods, Cabaret and Little Shop Of Horrors. Lisa’s stage appearances have also included the all time comedy classic, Shirley Valentine, directed by Steven Stead.

Other credits include writing and co-starring with her husband and professional partner, comedian, Aaron McIlroy in Abbamaniacs, Defending The Planet, Seven Deadly Sins, Marriage For Dummies, Family Therapy, Bloopers, Bulletproof and their latest musical comedy, Mr and Mrs Normal directed by Daisy Spencer.

Other highlights of Lisa’s career include playing Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. Starring alongside friends, Liesl Coppin and Marion Loudon, in the award-winning comedy cabaret, Glitter Girls as well as performing with the Durban City Orchestra in Classical Comedy, directed by Darren King.

Lisa is a not only an actress, theatre coach and inspirational speaker - she is first and foremost a mom! Lisa is one of the founding directors of the first tertiary musical theatre academy in Durban - The International School Of Performing Arts.

Aaron Mcilroy

As a popular South African performer, Aaron Mcilroy has a string of stage blockbusters under his belt, on both the public and corporate entertainment circuits. These include his award-winning satires, The Loser, co-written and directed by Susan Monteregge, The Golfer, co-written and directed by Steven Stead and ADHD, co-written and directed by Patrick Kenny.

He is also well-known for his role as the lunatic father, Mr Milton, in the Spud movie franchise. Aaron often teams up with his wife and professional partner, actress Lisa Bobbert, performing with their Macbob Productions company. Their work includes the hit musical comedies, Family Therapy, Go Big, Bulletproof and Mr and Mrs Normal, co-written and directed by Daisy Spencer, as well as their popular, Marriage for Dummies and Abbamaniacs (a hugely popular tribute to super group, Abba). Recent productions include Classical Comedy, staring the Durban City Orchestra as well as Family Business, both directed by Darren King and staged at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre in Durban.

Aaron is notorious for getting audiences abs aching and tears of mirth rolling. Director Susan Monteregge credits him for “single-handedly transforming theatre into an extreme sport”. 

“I grew up in the entertainment industry” says Aaron, ”my father was a member of the popular Irish band, the Blarney Brothers. I love music but I really wanted to be a serious actor. I even studied drama at university but every time I performed something vaguely dramatic my lecturers would fall off their chairs. After much humiliation I realised that the only way I was going to make some cash in this industry was to embrace my funny bone!”