We had the pleasure of watching “Tayla in Oz” at Fringe. Immigration is not for the faint-hearted, and her heartfelt journey from South Africa to Australia truly shone through. Tayla is from our original hometown, which made her story and the courage it takes to follow your dreams so meaningful to us. We’ve been lucky to watch her grow from school performances to this polished world class production. Uplifting, funny and full of powerful vocals, Tayla should be incredibly proud.

I absolutely LOVED this show!!! From the moment she came onto stage, Tayla was totally captivating. She cleverly set her family’s immigration story to Australia to the tunes from Wicked, The Wizard of Oz and The Wiz. Her singing, her humour, acting and her storytelling ability was outstanding. I can’t remember when I felt the need at a Fringe show to give a standing ovation but I was on my feet at this one!!! Bravo Tayla. You are a star!!

This is the second amazing world premiere by local artists in 2 days and I would love to see more within the festival . Tayla structured the show extremely well and did a brilliant job in both singing and story telling. Loved the show and you can see the influence of the mentoring of the established cabaret stars on these great young talents.

Such a clever show! Loved hearing Tayla's stories and brilliant singing and arrangements!