Sibling entertainment duo Nadanja and Nishanthi Bailey have been heating up the local stage for years, but with their latest play another family member has decided to get in on the action.Ten-year-old Sania Smith, Mr Bailey’s daughter, will have her first main stage role in N’tertainment’s latest comedy ‘Keep It Up’.The long awaited sequel to the comedic family drama ‘Don’t Talk To Me Like That’, will be taking place at the Earl Cameron Theatre at City Hall, from Thursday until Saturday.Written and directed by Patricia Pogson-Nesbitt, the play starts after the Jones family have finished celebrating their grandparents 50th wedding anniversary.Their ‘grown’ and dysfunctional grandchildren Christopher and Mildred, who are still living at home, plan a family trip to Hawaii. Instead of a peaceful vacation, drama breaks out between father Eddie, a functional alcoholic, and his wife Elmira, who doesn’t know how to curb her controlling ways.Eddie’s two ‘outside children’ are thrown into the mix, including the flamboyant Norman and “ghetto fabulous” Sia, played by Mr and Ms Bailey. Left to housesit the Jones’ home while they are on vacation, the wacky pair host a backyard bash that almost gets shut down by the Police.More chaos and confusion builds when a fight breaks out between Eddie and Elmira, also played by the talented siblings, which interrupts the family’s plans of going to church.There is a surprise ending when an unknown guest shows up at their door — possibly with more family drama.Organisers say the play is “sure to leave its audiences in just as much comedic stitches as the first show”.‘Keep It Up’ also stars Rhonda Daniels, Roddy Nesbitt, Sharise Clarke, Mitchell (Live Wires) Trott, Anton Gilbert and Rebekah Nebard.Mr Bailey said that locals love to be entertained and will enjoy themselves “from the time the lights go up”. “They will leave talking about the show like they always do,” he said.“If you are going through a rough time, laughter is good for the soul and this will be a good night out for you if you feel your world is crumbling and need to exhale.”As children, Mr and Ms Bailey grew up surrounded by entertainers, including their father, well-known musician Wendell (Shine) Hayward. And as youngsters they would welcome audience members to some of their father’s shows.Ms Bailey said her interest in the arts began to bloom in primary school where she regularly took part in Christmas plays. It grew into a full-blown passion when she was cast in Mrs Pogson-Nesbitt’s play ‘The Story of Ruth’ at age 13.“That was probably my main stage performance that I did, which kind of had people looking out and noticing me,” she said.She went to college to study theatre and started performing overseas in Atlanta; she is currently a drama teacher at Dellwood Middle School.For Mr Bailey it was after watching ‘48 Hours’ starring comedian Eddie Murphy at age ten, that really sparked his own love for the craft. “Performing is what I love to do. That’s my passion to be on a stage entertaining people, that is what I am good at.”He said he was proud of his daughter Sania for stepping out her comfort zone and jumping into the funny role.“She is going to turn heads,” he said. “We have been rehearsing all the time and when our props and stage manager came and saw her he stopped reading the script and just watched what she was doing.“They know this little girl from when she was coming up and the people are going to hit the floor, it’s very funny what she’s saying.”He said his daughter had been practising hard over the past few weeks to nail the ‘ghetto’ accent; however, it’s quite a far stretch from how she normally acts.The comedian told The Royal Gazette: “She has always wanted to do this an be on stage in one of my shows. It’s pretty great that I can be in the show with my daughter and sister at the same time.”‘Keep It Up’ will be showing on Thursday and Friday at 8pm; while there will be two showings on Saturday at 6pm and 9pm (the later being for mature audiences).Tickets, $40 for general audiences and $50 for patrons, are available from www.bdatix.com. For more information e-mail ntertainmentbda@gmail.com