★★★★★ Its mayhem with message approach pulls no punches in a subtext that exposes the pain of the American working class and the lure of Trump as its conduit of frustration
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★★★★☆ An excellent cast brings a wonderfully controlled slow-burn to William Gaminara’s tale about a village acapella group and an enigmatic newcomer who insinuates herself on their recreation . . . this immaculate production is a treat.
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★★★★☆ The plot follows the trajectory of the musicians as they form/dissolve one group after another – The Varietones, The Four Lovers – before they eventually, with the addition of the extremely talented songwriter/keyboardist, Bob Gaudio, adopt the name of the bowling alley they fail an audition in.
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★★★☆☆ Sitting behind an office desk and armed only with a mike and a laptop that he accesses for background musical effects, Dale-Jones nostalgically takes us back to when his dad proudly shows him the Royal Worcester porcelain figure he keeps in a box under his bed – the Duke of Wellington on horseback.
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★★★★☆ Performance maker Ellie Dubois takes us beyond the glitz and ‘good times’ of circus to show us the plain humanity behind the perseverance and pain behind the artistry – challenging, in particular, what we expect from female performers.
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