Key Change – Jonathan Roxmouth’s Key Change – My Favourite Pianists
Featuring: Jonathan Roxmouth and band  
Where and when: Theatre on the Bay, Camps Bay – March 4-28, 2026  
Book: Webtickets  

Band:    
Kieran Woolmington (guitar)
Cole Matthews (bass)
Lindzi Moore (cello) Stef Lawrence (drums)
Michael Wilson-Trollip (keyboard)  
The performance runs approximately two hours, including an interval

I raved when I saw Jonathan Roxmouth’s Key Change – My Favourite Pianists in 2023 at Theatre on the Bay and I seeing the show, in 2026, I rave again.  There are a few changes to the playlist.  Some of the quirky sets have been revived – such as A Steinman Meatloaf and Of Mice And Menken and 5 Stages of Love (A Tinder Box Of Emotion). The Key Change band is different to 2023 and now includes a cellist. A key change in the musical accompaniment is that the music appears to have been jazzed up, which I love. Terrific energy and rapport between Roxmouth and the band – cueing each other in, at all times.

As I wrote in 2023: “Key Change is not only a homage to his favourite pianists; it is a rousing love-letter to his family and how his family has supported him in his career, from his early years, as fledgling piano player, tinkering on his red toy piano (even his dad, who tried to steer him to the world of sport). It is a love-letter to his fans who have been with him on his journey as a musical theatre star (such as the big musicals as Phantom of the Opera) and his parallel career” in other shows that he has performed solo and with other artists, in shows such as A Handful of Keys. https://thecaperobyn.co.za/review-jonathan-roxmouths-key-change-my-favourite-pianists-stunning-show-underpinned-by-multi-dimensional-innovative-conceptual-arc/

Key Change is a musical memoir on stage, with Roxmouth dazzling with his virtuosity – at the piano and vocally. His creativity in arrangement and approach, his musical knowledge, never ceases to amaze me. Three years later, now in 2026, references in popular culture have evolved. For example what are the pronouns for “piano” and “music”? Channelling aspects of stand-up comic with showman, Roxmouth gives a nod to key changes, we need to calibrate to in terms of language. This time Key Change, is funnier, lighter, laced with humour, which adds to the incredible showcase of piano.

And yes, Roxmouth, does THAT iconic song as finale – which he has dazzled us in previous incarnations of Key Change. I am production spoiling – so skip this if you don’t want to know – Billy Joel’s Piano Man. Yes, wait for the end. Do not take a bathroom break and miss it. The audience of course sings along. Fabulous. Fabulous.

There was a standing ovation and that signature lightening quick entrance that Roxmouth  makes into the foyer, after the show, as he poses with fans for pics and chats. His audience is key to his art and he gives a hundred percent – after over two hours on stage. Where in the world would one get the opportunity to mingle with a musical theatre star of this calibre – straight after the show? Don’t miss Key Change – a beautiful show – by the incomparable Jonathan Roxmouth.

* Jonathan Roxmouth’s Key Change – My Favourite Pianists. Pic: Jaco Botha. Supplied.