3 Tons of Fun, who have been hailed over the past 9 years as South Africa's most loved all-girl group will be doing 3 shows only at the Alexander Bar. An evening of music and fun! From Brenda Fassie to Gloria Gaynor and Diana Ross, from Pharrell to Robin Thicke, there is a bit of everything!
Starring Saxy Sthe, Mysterious Michelle and Beautiful Bee ... the girls who have wowed audiences from Cape Town to Cairo, from Vietnam to Dubai and beyond! Larger than life! The perfect end-of-year treat!
3 Tons of Fun has emerged over the past 9 years as one of South Africa's most loved all-female groups. Based in Cape Town they are in great demand on the corporate circuit throughout South Africa and overseas. Most recently they have performed at functions for top companies including amongst others Telkom, FNB, Nedbank, Tourvest, Sanlam, Woolworths, KFC, Spar, Absa, The Exporters Club, Wimpy and the Golden Arrow Bus Company.
3 Tons of Fun regularly perform at many prestigious events at the Arabella Sheraton Hotel (Kleinmond), Shimmy Beach Club, Val de Vie, The One & Only Hotel, The Castle of Good Hope, The Crystal Towers Hotel, The Lanzerac Hotel and they often travel to entertain clients at Sun City, Gold Reef City, Sabi Sabi and Phinda. 3 Tons of Fun are just as popular overseas where they carry the South African flag high and wow international audiences and expats alike. In the past few years they have travelled to Switzerland, Togo, Zambia, Ghana, Seychelles, Indonesia, Nigeria, Dubai, Vietnam, Thailand, London, Bahrain and Mauritius.
Most recently they were honoured to be asked to perform at the Pendooring Awards (2013), the Kirstenbosch Winter Season (2013), the Hermanus Whale Festival (2013) and the Gariepfees in Kimberley (2014). They enjoy giving back to charity and in the past year have performed pro bono for the Chris Burger Fund dinner (CTICC), the Christine Revell Children's Home fundraiser (CTICC), the Cape Times Big Walk and the uThando Charity Event at the City Hall. In between flying around the country they schedule public shows so that their hometown fans have time to reunite with them, and they can be seen at least twice a year at Café Roux – Noordhoek, The Caledon Hotel and The Bay Harbour Market in Hout Bay. In 2013 they released their debut album entitled 'Larger than Life' which has a collection of old favourites as well as three original songs written by Saxy Sthe herself.
ABOUT THE GIRLS …
STHE MFUPHI (known as Saxy Sthe) was born and bred in Durban. Her prosperity is in Cape Town. She has been a passionate singer since birth. She started singing whilst she was still in her mother's womb but never considered her powerful and distinctive voice would take her places. She has only concentrated on her singing since she studied Jazz at the Natal Technikon. Her precious voice brought her to the public's attention when she started her own jazz band in 1998 called Sthe and friends. After she finished her diploma in light Jazz music (2002) she moved to Cape Town and has worked as a music teacher since. She has taught theory of music, voice, ensemble, improvisation, keyboards and ear training at Athlone Academy of music and Jazz Workshop. In 2007 she joined the larger than life ladies group 3 TONS OF FUN and that is where her popularity grew in leaps and bounds as more and more people became dazzled by her voice. Her incredible voice has given her the opportunity to travel abroad and locally and to meet people all over the world. She is a very talented songwriter and penned three original songs for 3 Tons of Fun's debut album, 'Larger than Life'. A music video for her original song “Usibali” was released in 2014. Sthe also currently performs as a solo artiste and can be seen in the latest SPUR advert and has been a prelim judge for IDOLS for the past 5 years.
BULELWA SAKAYI (known as Beautiful Bee) was born and raised in the Eastern Cape's East London. As is widely known, for every South African, music has and continues to be a major way of expressing one's emotions. Bee moved from the Eastern Cape to study chemical engineering in Cape Town but this was not emotionally challenging for her. She then decided to go into performing arts. This is when she got her classical training, singing as a soloist in choral choirs and also joined an actor's agency. She has travelled internationally performing in a number of film productions of which her favourite was the Golden Bear winner UCarmen EKhayelitsha as Frasquita. She has also done a lot of Television and theatre work. She is the commercial queen of 3 Tons of Fun! Bee joined 3 Tons of Fun in 2007 where she adds her playful yet sexy flavour to the group. And this is where she feels at home!
MICHELLE THOMAS (known as Mysterious Michelle) was born in Cape Town. Her childhood memories are those of camping, laughter, fun and family get-togethers. Her favourite story was that of her father as a vocalist and drummer in a band called the "Shindigs”. Michelle thinks that the seed for her future was planted then already. Sadly her father died of a brain haemorrhage when she was 6 years old. It was the heaviest blow that she ever had to deal with! Michelle half-heartedly attempted a Bachelors Degree at UWC. She did exceptionally well with the least amount of effort, but her heart was not in it, so she dropped out in her 3rd year. Singing has always been Michelle's lifelong dream and in high school the school concerts were the platform to showcase her raw, untrained, but natural talent. Her first real stage performance was at the Baxter as a vocalist in a school initiative called "Music Active". After varsity Michelle worked in admin at a day hospital. Michelle joined 3 Tons of Fun in 2007 and a year later was forced to give up her day job to pursue her lifelong dream full-time.
Audience Responses
Great performance but terrible sound system!! Need to get the aircon fixed!
Absolutely amazing show and experience.
The Ladies were absolutely amazing.
Ambiance of the bar was also really good
Not our cup of tea - but everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.
Just fabulous we need to see themmore often thank you
Absolutely fabulous!
3 tons of energy !
Great show and great time !
The ladies themselves were great. The sound system, however, was terrible and really detracted from the performance. My entire group independently felt the same way. 5 stars for the ladies. 1 star for the sound system.
Great show.
ABSOLUTELY AWESOME thoroughly enjoyed the show.....
5
just work on the aircon please
Fantastic show!!!!
The very best
Fantastic. Performance not long enough !
Bubbly, energetic and a lot of fun!
They are always a delight!
The show was fantastic and I personally knew most of the songs and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Great energy and the total crowd were behind then having a fun evening. I would certainly come and see them again
Thank you
The show was fantastic! However, the venue could use a bit better aircon (or cooler lights).
Great!
Great fun!
Fantastic show. Loved every minute!
The theatre was a bit too warm and the artistes were obviously too hot and sweaty
performers were great but the venue is very hot, aircon? fans?
They are good. However, I will try not to go back to that theatre because
1. Silly childish policy of opening the doors 5 minutes before the start resulting in queues blocking loo, kitchen and way for waiters,
2. Heat. Insufficient air control and temperature control. Neither patrons nor performers can enjoy the show. Even the singers (every show I had bern to) are sweating and are uncomfortable.
3. The sound is terribly managed. The sound is distorted, and even the singers couldn't hear and thus not find the key. (Other shows previously as well).
4. Waited 45 minutes for cold lasagna. ??
All of the above can be easily addressed. Please do so as we need these shows. But you need to get your act together too.
Thanks
A bit lazy, felt like an 80s disco revival. Needed much more light and shade.
Absolutely fantastic evening/show - cannot wait to visit again.
My friend and I enjoyed it so much - those ladies really put on a good show. I absolutely loved how they made one feel like a star of the show as well... The intimacy of the theatre helped to make it feel like home.
Joy personified, absolutely delightful experience and perfect way to end a day. 3 Tons of Fun are Word Class.
Asked our guests their rating. Ranged from 3-4 out of 5 which I agree was a fair rating. They were certainly fun and worked hard. Everybodies favourite was the fattest Mama. Her low tone voice and easy smile ......I enjoy your venue.
Brilliant - fantastic show
We all enjoyed!
Great show
Such good entertainment. Loved the way they engaged with the audience and how they built up the show. Started slow and quiet and then raised the volume and style of singing to end with everyone joining in. Highly recommended
Fsbulous evening.....ladies you totally rocked the Jam!!
Cooling fans for artists - this not possible ?
Great night and high velocity fun, well done.
How can anyone comment on what's obvious? No other three large ladies could be sexier or get their audiences to enter into the fun of the show with them! One of us was seeing it for the second time, the other for the third. Choreography, memory, all of it, movement, first rate hair-let-downer.
The show was fantastic and I personally knew most of the songs and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Great energy and the total crowd were behind then having a fun evening. I would certainly come and see them again
Thank you
Great fun!
Lovely show!
What a great show!
We had an amazing evening as we always do. They are a fantastic group and we love watrching them
thanks a lot
Brilliant evening - cannot wait for their next show.
Three Tons Of Fun was brilliant as always and we thoroughly enjoyed the show.
Unfortunately the acoustics were really poor and did not do justice their superb voices.
Asked our guests their rating. Ranged from 3-4 out of 5 which I agree was a fair rating. They were certainly fun and worked hard. Everybodies favourite was the fattest Mama. Her low tone voice and easy smile ......I enjoy your venue.
5 out of 5 !
I brought 4 johannesburg friends to the theatre - for the first time.....we all loved the show. Sang and danced throughout the show. Wow- what a vibe. Thank you.
Just awesome! Fab......
Perfect show, perfect location.
We are happy to visit again ....
Show was enjoyable however the background sound volume relative to performers voices was much to loud and totally imbalanced. Furthermore American visitors who joined us to see show felt that the room should be air conditioned as they found the room to be hot and stuffy.
Fabulous fun ! Three tremendous artistes.............
Absolutely brilliant, fun and feel good.
Great show.
The very best
Great fun. Excellent venue. Would have happily paid more to have a longer show.
Just awesome! Fab......
Just fabulous we need to see themmore often thank you
