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Graziano di Prima, Robin Windsor, Nadiya Bychkova, Pasha Kovavlev, Karim Zeroual and Aljaž Škorjanec (Photo: Fiona Whyte for The TCB Group)

REVIEW: Here Come the Boys, Palladium (2021) plus tour dates

The star of the show is relatively new dancer to Strictly, Sicilian, Graziano di Prima whose handsome looks, height and constantly flicked back, wet look long curls are eye candy for the audience. You can understand the number of romances in the dance world with professional dance's sex on legs reputation.

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Anna Maxwell Martin as Sally Bowles (Photo: Alastair Muir)

REVIEW: Cabaret, Lyric Theatre (2006) from our archive

If there is a problem with this wonderful production, it rests with the casting of Anna Maxwell Martin as Sally Bowles. As Sally, Martin is a fresh faced suburban girl but talk about her career as a nightclub singer is laughable because of her obvious lack of singing talent. I cannot believe that Rufus Norris did not do this intentionally. Sally Bowles is shallow and selfish but where do you go with a West End musical where the lead has a weak singing voice and is ineffectual and dislikeable?

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