A kooky ukey love story with unique audience participation
Uked! – The first play-along ukulele musical
A MUST SEE! Take your uke join in ,sing or smile along A GREAT NIGHT…Laughed a lot.–Michelle Robie, Castlemaine
If you only get to indulge in one ukulele fantasy this year, make sure it’s this one. A great night out!–Kim Burns, Bendigo
Rebecca is brilliant as Karla and Pete does an equally amazing job performing nearly everyone else! Please do yourself a favour and go see this show.– Kaye Nankervis, Eaglehawk
Karla is brilliant!…Anyone whose ever been 50 will completely understand.– Neil Adam, Newlyn.
It was one of the mosts memorable night I’ve had. You’re missing out on life if you don’t go!– Glenice Liston, Heallesville
Saw this yesterday. Super script. Really fun to join in playing or just singalong. Get along and get Uked! – Cate Mercer – Hawk&Dove, Castlemaine
Are you going to tour this? Please say yes!– Jacqui Cosgrove, Sydney
Love you to come down to the peninsula please.– Val Rowe,
An experience not to be missed!– Bev Tozer, Castlemaine
I’m completely compelled by it!– Bev Hope, Guildford
It was fantastic and such a great laugh too. We also loved having the chance to participate, because we’ve been ‘Uked!’ too!– Melanie Jacobson, Yarra Ukers
We are still raving!! …We were absolutely ‘Uked’. Thanks!– Cathy and Bob Edwards, Bundyukes and WhittleCukes.
What a total delight UKED! was, at every level. Bravo, Jane.Peter Bryne, Guildford
Uked! is the hilarious, charming and poignant story of Karla, a lonely and eccentric single woman who is dumped by her violin-playing boyfriend on her 50th birthday.
Between caring for her aged mother and working at Pack n’Track with her friends Julie and Leonie, Karla begins to worry that she’ll never find love. The world is changing and she’s struggling to find her place in it.
Desperate to belong and to prove her musical worth, Karla buys a ukulele and joins a dating site – learning that love and the ukulele have a lot in common.
Uked! is a unique high-concept, highly relevant show about one woman’s search for love and connection, featuring familiar and popular ukulele songs, plus one original foot-tapping simple song that all uke players will love: The Kooky Ukey Song.
Uked! offers unique audience engagement and is perfect for connecting communities.
As Karla learns, the song chords and lyrics are displayed for people to sing and/or play along. Audiences members are also invited on stage to be her fellow-club members.
Hate audience participation? Just sit back and enjoy the show.
Uked! is perfect for theatre groups and ukulele groups to produce as either a small or large cast show.
Genre: Musical comedy/drama
Set: Karla’s living room and a ukulele club
Duration: 120 mins with 15 min interval. Cast: 2 +3 band members (minimum) or 13-20.
Songs: 16, various artists, including one by the author. For commercial performances song licenses must be obtained through your local music licensing agency (in Australia, this is APRA – link)
Production resources:
Powerpoint to display all the songs and lyrics for your audience to play and sing along
Marketing kit
Unique merchandise, including badges, stickers, t-shirts and tote bags.
Production history
2019, GUILDFORD, VICTORIA AUSTRALIA, premiere at Guildford Musical Hall, written and produced by Jane Cafarella, starring Rebecca Morton as Karla and Pete Gavin as Almost Everyone Else, featuring The Uked Band: Fi Chant (Ruth), Tex Morton (Joel), Nicholas Lyon, Rae Moran, James McDonald and Sue Robinson.
2019, NEWHAM, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, Newham Mechanics Institute, with the Uked! cast and band, as above.
Production inquiries:
https://www.davidspicer.com.au/news/uked-first-play-along-ukulele-musical
How Guildford got Uked! Read all about it here:
https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/articles/193/ukulele-musical-plucks-heartstrings
Check out the Uked! website for detailed information: