Grease

This absolutely joyous production combined exuberant energy and feel-good emotion with strong singing and knock-out dance skills. A versatile and well-characterised set of principals – bringing believable and distinct personalities and bags of attitude – were given strong support by a tight-knit ensemble who never let their energy or their characters drop. Choreography was ambitious and frequently acrobatic, and the edgy set had a junkyard feel, sparse but effective, defining different spaces in an efficiently minimalist way. The colourful costume palette really captured the spirit of the 1950s, and we especially liked this production’s take on the Pink Lady jackets – they were not batch-bought pink satin like in the movie, but much more realistic customised denim – they looked convincingly home-made. Above all, what stood out was the positive energy that permeated this production – it was a hugely enjoyable night, and we could tell that the whole cast were having a ball too.

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