Grahamstown to Las Vegas

Rhodes University drama professor and actor Andrew Buckland (54) and his actor son Daniel (27) are performing in the internationally renowned Cirque du Soleil‘s hit show, Love, in Las Vegas. Love was inspired by the Beatles and is playing to packed houses five days a week at the Mirage Hotel. The pair were auditioned by Cirque talent scouts who visited South Africa in 2005. They were added to the Cirque database and offered a one-year renewable contract. Janet, wife and mother, is a theatre producer but remains in Grahamstown and chats to the pair via Skype.