Faye Brookes plays Tess, and whilst she sounds incredible and performs her songs flawlessly, this character does not play to her strengths. The whole production has been made younger, and the storyline doesn’t sit right because of this.

Davide Fienauri as Vince is really not given enough time to introduce the character. Whilst he appears on stage from the beginning, it is only during his solo number that we realise that he is the ‘villain’ of the piece. Including him as part of the ensemble numbers loses the ‘nasty’ side to his role and it deserves more time to be recognised.

Vanessa Ela Young as Nikki, likewise, is not given enough room to show us the opposing sides of her character. When it’s revealed (slight spoiler alert) how she has helped Tess rather than destroy her, its brushed away as unimportant. 

This happens frequently in Steven Antin’s adaptation, and the script is very wordy, with a lot of it going lost and being unheard by the audience. The main theme of the storyline has its ‘happy ever after’ when Tess and Ali are finally united, but the idea of losing the club is tossed aside and it needed to be a more focused point of the story. Instead, what should have been a tense moment is resolved within seconds and thrown into the background, forgotten.