Time to go back to the 90s with New Plymouth Operatic Society

• Published date: 28 September 2022
• Publication title: Stratford Press

The decade filled with denim-on-denim, grunge music and girl power was all that and a bag of chips. It was among the spaghetti straps, the band T-shirts, and the rise of Y2K hysteria that her parents, Hamish and Nicola, met and fell in love, she says

“I was born in 2006, but I love the 90s. The style of the 90s, the music — especially the rock music.”

Paige is now living out her 90s dreams in a throwback show celebrating everything that made the decade pretty fly.

The talented teen is starring in The 90s — Rewind Through Time, staged by New Plymouth Operatic Society in conjunction with Plymouth International.

For as long as the budding rockstar can remember, her life has been filled with the hit songs of the 90s. The sounds of Pearl Jam, Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins burst into the air whenever her dad picked up his guitar. Inspired, she started singing along, learning the piano, and before long she was jamming with him.

“In about 2020 I started really getting into his songs, you know, the oldies, and I made a few playlists.”

Now it’s Hamish who is struck by the sound of 90s music filling the air, but this time it’s his daughter’s voice belting out the songs of his youth.

“I’m always suggesting new songs...