Wanna dance to the music of Whitney?

• Author: Ilona Hanne
• Published date: 24 May 2023
• Publication title: Stratford Press

The South African-born vocalist is looking forward to reconnecting “with the crowd and getting to know them again after so many years” away

The star of The Greatest Love of All, along with a live band and backing vocalists will be performing at New Plymouth’s TSB Showplace on June 13 as part of a New Zealand tour.

The show uses state-of-the-art sound, lighting, vision and theatrical FX, with producers describing the performance as a “beautifully-crafted tribute”.

The tour made its debut in New Zealand in 2016, returning to the Auckland stage in 2018.

Since then, Belinda has starred in TV shows including Britain’s Got Talent and Showtime at the Apollo.

Belinda’s appearance on the BBC’s popular reality programme Even Better Than The Real Thing, in which some of the world’s greatest tribute acts went head to head, performing songs made famous by music legends, was a success with her crowned winner of the show.

As well as television appearances, Belinda has also been busy with tours in the UK, USA, Europe and her home country of South Africa.

And she is now ready to bring her revamped and refreshed production of The Greatest Love of All back to New Zealand.

The two-hour show takes audiences on a musical journey through all of Whitney Houston’s greatest hits, from I Will Always Love You to Greatest Love of All and I Wanna Dance With...