I got a Rush ticket from Todaytix for £25 (including fees). It was a great seat in the dress circle with a face value of over £100!
The that is very posh inside, but didn’t have a dress code, and only about half (or just under) of the audience were following the guidance (announced a number of times) to wear a face-covering – they don’t stop you laughing, cheering or clapping.
It is a feel-good comedy musical, with some serious messages added on.my favourite part was the song “You’re Timeless To Me” doe to the hilarious extra lines added in and the amount of corpsing on satge (particularly from Les Dennis – but Michal Ball did it at least once too!) – which only added to the enjoyment of the audience.
There were understudies for Tracy Turnblad (Natalie Woods), Female Authority Figure (Amy West), Corny Collins (Bradley West) and Sketch (Bradley Trevethan). They all did great – even when the top of Tracy’s extra high beehive/backcombing fell off her head, she coped very well.
9/10
