Peace Train - The Cat Stevens Story

PEACE TRAIN - THE CAT STEVENS STORY
Starring Darren Coggan

From an original concept by Peter Cox
Written by John Misto, Peter Cox, Darren Coggan & Neil Clugston; Directed by John Saunders
Musical Direction by Naomi Coggan

Cat Stevens - The name brings back a thousand memories - a winning voice and songs which the whole world sang along to.  Back in the 70s Cat Stevens was the ultimate rock star.  Talented, charismatic, with a seemingly endless succession of beautiful melodies streaming from his imagination, the one-time teen idol turned international singing star had everything.  He sold more than 60 million albums, earned enough money to last several lifetimes, and enjoyed all the trappings of fame.  But he wanted more out of life so at the height of his career he shocked the world by taking his last bow.  The music stopped and Cat Stevens was no more.

Whatever became of the man who wrote Father and Son and Moonshadow?  Why did he turn his back on the world?  PEACE TRAIN - The Cat Stevens Story is a night of music and story telling, a journey back in time recreating the sights and sounds, seeking out the man in the music and telling the story behind the songs.  Hear one of Australia's most exciting young artists Darren Coggan, backed by a high energy band, trace the path of a man who never stopped wondering about how to make the world a better place.

"Coggan, better known as a Golden Guitar winning country singer, sounds amazingly like Stevens.  He has the timbre, the inflections and the feel of Cat's music.  The combination of Coggan's affable persona, the intriguing story and the amazing catalogue of songs adds up to a winner."  The Daily Telegraph

Audience Advice:  Fog and smoke effects will be used in this show