Brendan Peyper is the new Buddy Holly
In his brief life, Buddy Holly wrote more hits than many other singers.
South African superstar Brendan Peyper (21) is to play the role of Buddy in the brand-new musical, Buddy – the Buddy Holly Story, written by West End author Alan James, which is to be presented at Emperors Palace’s Theatre of Marcellus from May 15 to June 10.
Bookings are open and can be made through Computicket.
Frans Swart, producer of Buddy – the Buddy Holly Story, says he is thrilled that Brendan has agreed to play Buddy.
“I have been watching Brendan for quite a while now and he is incredibly talented. At the first photo session, we put black-framed spectacles on him and gave him a guitar, and bam, there was Buddy Holly right before my eyes!”
Buddy Holly was only 23 when he was killed in a plane accident. In his brief life, he wrote more hits than many other singers. One only has to think of songs like Peggy Sue, That’ll be the day, Oh Boy, Maybe Baby, True Love Ways, Heartbeat and many others.
Peyper is in seventh heaven to have been chosen as the new Buddy.
“I couldn’t believe my ears when uncle Frans (Frans Swart) called me and asked if I would like to play the lead in Buddy Holly. I was in a total flat spin – I’ve never acted on stage and I didn’t even know who Buddy was.”
Brendan Peyper, who grew up on a Free State farm, became famous almost overnight with his first single, Stop, wag, bly nog ‘n bietjie. It received more than a quarter of a million views on YouTube.
