Bridlington Spa – until Saturday 20th October 2018
3***
Reviewed by Zoe Lawton
After a thirty minute delay due to technical difficulties Fame the Musical got under way and through a clever use of props, atmospheric music, costume and lighting we were transported back to New York in the 1980’s. The story follows youngsters through their love of dance, music and drama as they find themselves struggling with prejudges, sexuality and fighting drug addiction not to mention unwanted pregnancies, topics as relevant today as there were back then.
From the outset Nick Winston’s adaptation is certainly high energy and full credit to the dancers who performed all their routine’s with great procession and passion.
In act one we discovered little about the characters it’s act two where we really develop our knowledge of the characters with some very funny moments and movements to the sexual acts, which I’m sure not everyone in the audience will appreciate.
At the heart of this production is clearly a close knit cast who have obviously worked hard to put on an extremely entertaining performance, special vocal mention should go to Stephanie Rojas as Carmen, Molly McGuire as Serena but the ultimate performance of the evening was from the fantastic Mica Paris as Miss Sherman.
Disappointment for me was that they did not perform the title song in its fullness and was to be honest over looked I felt such a pity given the show’s title! also being seated to the far left I was unable to see several scenes in their fullness as the actors vanished from sight, not only annoying if not irritating and distracting.
True Fame fans maybe left slightly disappointed that the key songs they recognise had been replaced for new material however overall a good performance from everyone and an enjoyable evening.