Dominion Theatre – until 5 January 2018
4****
With the closing date imminent and with baby fairypowered Alex and senior fairypowered writer Claire telling me how fabulous the show is – it was time that fairypowered herself saw the show
Romeo and Juliet set to a background of Meatloaf what’s not to enjoy? Strat (Jordan Luke Gage) is part of the lost, eternally 18. He falls in love with Raven (Christina Bennington) who is 18 now, but will age whilst Strat stays young. Her parents Falco (Craig Ryder stepping in for the injured Rob Fowler) and Sloane (Sharon Sexton) are trying to stop her being with Strat whilst living in a loveless marriage. Falco and Sloane do have some of the best scenes and Paradise By The Dashboard Light is hilarious – I loved the pink pants.
Zahara (Danielle Steers), also a member of the lost is Raven’s nurse. Giving her dream suppressants at the request of her parents but helping her to find true love. Tink (Alex Thomas-Smith) is jealous of the relationship between Strat and Raven and in trying to split them up pays the ultimate price.
Danielle Steers is the most outstanding member of the cast. When she started to sing Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad my reaction was just “WOW!” and her vocals in Dead Ringer are just epic – more Cher than Cher! But Jordan Luke Gage is a very close second especially in the titular Bat Out of Hell. He seems to be genuinely enjoying his role and who can blame him?
So did I enjoy it? Well I think I’ll just have to go and see it again so I can judge it!!!