Hairspray is big hit with audience
Big hair and even bigger laughs made sure West End musical Hairspray was a big hit with Wolverhampton fans who gave the show a standing ovation.
Hairspray review,
Grand Theatre Wolverhampton
Big hair and even bigger laughs made sure West End musical Hairspray was a big hit with Wolverhampton fans who gave the show a standing ovation.
Adults, teens and children united in enjoyment of last night's first show, which is playing in the city until June 19.
The musical opened with the powerful Good Morning Baltimore and did not stop packing in the toe-tapping tunes, such as Welcome to the 60s, Mama I'm A Big Girl Now and Without Love.
The city audience was swept along with the story of the loveable Tracy Turnblad, played by the talented Laurie Scarth, as she realised a life-long dream of being on teen dance extravaganza The Corny Collins Show.
And it was touching to watch as she broke social barriers and confronted racial segregation.
Brian Conley was perfect as the curvaceous Edna Turnblad and fellow funnyman Les Dennis more than fitted the role of Edna's husband. Perhaps the most hilarious scene of the night involved Dennis and Conley singing a duet. The actors themselves found it hard to keep a straight face.
The final number, You Can't Stop The Beat, was perhaps the most energetic and colourful of the night. The standing ovation for the cast was richly deserved. It showed that Hairspray certainly ticked all the boxes for Black Country theatregoers.
