Rocky, A Horror Show is the latest contribution to the Wardrobe Theatre’s Yuletide tradition of turning two very different kinds of entertainment into unlikely bedfellows. Last year they combined a sweet fairy tale with a gory tale of gangland violence in Goldilock, Stock & Three Smoking Bears.

Kristmas With The Kringles is a very clever show. Though it is improvised, and therefore relies heavily upon spontaneity and chance accident, it is artfully structured around the format of a corny American TV show . . . They quickly establish a rapport with the audience, and their ability to think on their feet is hugely impressive. Kristmas With The Kringles is good late-night Yuletide fun

George Mann has brought a hugely impressive range of theatrical skills to this performance. He has a particularly fine voice, not unlike Patrick Stewart’s in moments of grandeur, and there are perhaps more occasions when he could afford to let it speak for itself, unadorned by additional effects. It was good to see so many young people in last night’s audience, transfixed by this most ancient of tales. This is a triumphant piece of story-telling; a breath-taking kaleidoscope of words, movement and sounds

Lois Mackie’s portrayal of a likeable young woman driven to desperation is very moving, charting with great precision Clem’s gradual loss of control over her own life. At fourteen this was a girl who vowed she would never have children. Now, at thirty, she hates herself for having fallen victim to the primitive, instinctive drive to reproduce. She has just broken through the glass ceiling at work, yet she is beginning to see herself as a failure.