Lyceum, Sheffield – until 14th February 2026
Reviewed by Alison Beaumont
5*****
The Bodyguard the Musical is based on the 1992 movie which featured the iconic Whitney Houston and her songs. It tells the story of Rachel Marron a famous singer who is being stalked and receiving death threats. Former Secret Service Agent Frank Farmer is hired to protect Rachel. Initially Rachel does not like Frank’s strict security measures, but their professional relationship soon turns to romance.
The shows starts off with a bang and when I say a bang I literally mean a loud gunshot bang which then leads straight into the opening song “Queen Of The Night”, with great singing, dancing, amazing costumes and flashes of fire. This certainly set you up for a wonderful performance.
Rachel is played by Sidonie Smith who absolutely smashed the role. Her voice was powerful and filled with emotion. It is difficult to step into the role of the famous Whitney Houston, and her songs are without doubt difficult to sing but Sidonie rose to the task showing confidence and delivering a good performance.
Adam Garcia gave a grounded and strong acting performance as Frank Farmer. He was so funny in the scene at the Karaoke bar. I could relate to the 3 girls singing (in their not so tuneful vocals) on a night out.
Sasha Monique took on the role of Nikki Marron, Rachel’s sister and really stood out for me, she had wonderful vocals, and I could listen to her sing all day, I could see her playing the role of Rachel extremely well. A highlight for me was when Sidonie and Sasha sang the duet “Run to You”, their harmonies were brilliant.
Fletcher (Rachel’s son) will be played by four different actors and on this occasion, I had the pleasure of seeing 10 year old Prince Conteh. He was such an adorable character and gave an outstanding performance.
I also must give a shout out to all the ensemble who were all very talented and made the dance moves, flips and somersaults look effortless.
The musical finished with “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” which had all the audience up on their feet dancing and singing along.
This really is a show not to be missed.