The only tough thing was trying not to sing along and embarrass myself. The raucous applause throughout and particularly at the finale was no surprise, nor was the fact that we all spilled out on the Quay Street singing and saying how amazing it was and how much we had enjoyed it. I have been singing the songs since I left last night and I’m going to check ticket availability and try and get back before the show ends. It was a show that I could sit through again and again and that really doesn’t happen often. you get my point, there are really no words. The choreography, the unusual and striking set, the classic rock songs that we know and love as well as a few new ones written for the show, the costumes, the vocals, the acting, the lighting…. ![]() However, I can’t not mention Joelle Moses as Zahara, what a voice! I’d love to see her in other shows, Joelle and James Chisholm as Jagwire had a real electricity to their scenes. I could name all of the cast as I don’t think there was anyone that didn’t stand out but I’m in danger of being here all day. These two were clearly audience favourites and for good reason. Vocals from Fowler and Sloane were showcased in other songs and were always met with appropriate audience response. Their rendition of ‘ Paradise by the Dashboard Light’ was a definite highlight, a classic song brought to life with stunning vocals and choreography, clever use of the aforementioned screen made this another favourite for me. The two of them were a perfect casting, they play Ravens parents, Falco is the disapproving father and Sloane the cocktail loving mum. ![]() Ravens Parents Falco ( Rob Fowler) and Sloane ( Sharon Sexton) provided the comedic aspect to the show, although the storyline gets darker around them as the show progresses. ‘ You took the words right out of my mouth’ as a favourite song of mine also more than lived up to expectations. It’s tough to pick out a favourite song from these two as they were all fantastic but the title song ‘ Bat Out Of Hell’ closing the first act was huge, the vocals, the passion from these two, the set, with lighting and pyrotechnics not to mention the story line around the scene was absolutely a favourite. We follow these two through their journey of unrequited love as a rich, spoilt girl just turning 18 and a boy from ‘The Lost’ a gang that have been stuck as teenagers since a chemical war and living in hiding. Glenn Adamson and Martha Kirby as leads Strat and Raven were believable and lovable from the start with amazing vocals. ![]() ‘All Revved up and no place to go’ was the big show starter, the cast immediately showing us what kind of a night we were in for, with all the audience clearly as impressed as me. The inside, of Falco towers, The Deep End, home to The Lost and a large screen which is used throughout the show. When the rest of the set burst into life with lights and music, there was so much going on I hardly knew where to look. The curtain rose to a set of ‘ The Deep End’ with some of the cast sat around on a Harley or on rocks. A quick mention to Covid precautions too, we had to show passports or have a quick temperature check, it was all very easy. We arrived at the Opera House to a red carpet of Harley Davidsons to set the scene. I had no idea of the storyline, but knew that the Jim Steinman penned songs are operatic in their own right and they’d lend themselves perfectly to a musical. well actually it was yesterday, It was my first theatre trip since pre-covid so it had to be a good one, it was bigger and better than I could’ve expected.īeing ‘of that age’ my teenage years were spent listening to Meatloaf's ‘ Bat of Hell’ we could all sing along to the entire album, it was a rite of passage for girls of my age, so when I heard the show was coming back to Manchester I was first in line for tickets. Well I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday…….
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