Curve, Leicester
Monday 8th
January 2022
‘Let’s do the Time Warp again!’
Richard O’Brien’s cult classic hits Curve again, and once
more Rocky Horror Show proves to be a
bonkers funfest of innuendo, audience interaction and toe-tapping tunes.
Having seen the show a few times before I knew exactly what
to expect from the affectionate pastiche of old B-Movies, but my husband (and
co-blogger) was a newcomer, having never even seen the film adaptation. By the
end he was humming along to ‘Science Fiction, Double Feature’ like an old pro!
Some may say that a performance of Rocky Horror is only as good as its audience – the heckles, the
dressing up, the dancing, the interaction – the audience become an important
character in the show as the main cast onstage react to the general atmosphere of
risqué bonhomie in the auditorium. Last night we had all the usual heckles and many
of the funniest moments resulted from Philip Franks’s Narrator reacting to
these ad libs. Franks is having a ball in the role and cracks sharp gags aimed
at a range of targets, from Prince Andrew to Curve’s recent production of A Chorus Line. Lauren Ingram also impresses
as Columbia in her scene-stealing tirade of daftness in the second act and
Stephen Webb’s gravelly Frank is charismatically fabulous.
The tour remains in fine shape and all the classic songs
sound as great as always, my favourites being ‘Dammit Janet’, ‘Sweet
Transvestite’ and ‘Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me’. It’s impossible to
watch the show without tapping along and the atmosphere is giddily infectious. This
is a show that all theatre fans must see at least once, yet Rocky Horror only gets more enjoyable on
repeat visits!
Rocky Horror Show plays at Curve, Leicester until
Saturday 15th January.
For full tour dates please visit: https://www.rockyhorror.co.uk/tour-dates
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| The cast of Rocky Horror Show Credit: David Freeman |
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