Deep-Heat Rivalry
An abrupt change of tone for this tiny, fun production, sold out and just about to finish its run at The Other Palace Theatre. Anyone who has been following my posts for the past few months will know that I have fallen in love with the Heated Rivalry tv show currently streaming on Sky/Nowtv in the UK. The tv show diverts us from its classy credentials with the amount of sexiness, but there is actually a much more serious work of highest quality film making and performance hiding just under the surface. This theatre production is what it says on the tin - a panto style parody of the show, taking the key plot points and characters but squeezing every last laugh it can out of the material. I laughed all the way through, so much that my face really did ache a lot! This is also highly classy in its way though, with every element thought through and with a solid cast of four, including Diana Vickers with her amazing voice doing a lot of heavy lifting...