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An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
2012
Theatre
The show has suddenly become quite wonderful, and the galvanising factor is the terrific stage debut of Melanie C
Blood Brothers
Music
The British pop music industry may be eating itself but if Muse are the pick of what it can offer the world in 2010 then British music is in rude health indeed
Muse
I was smitten by both Gilberts enormous luxuriant moustache and the intelligence and nuance of this highly entertaining play
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Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
Bruce Dessau's rating
Reader rating
Description: Country music and satire with the 'good old country girl' creation of Christopher Green.
Trains: Tube: Aldgate East/BR: Shoreditch 
Phone: 0845094 2996
The trouble with rhinestone cowgirl pastiche Tina C is that the songs never quite live up to the titles. The lip-quiveringly ironic power ballads are witty, but the clever, tragicomic titles are even wittier. A particular favourite mentioned in passing in this tinsel-sprinkled seasonal show is If You Can't Live Without Me Why Weren't You Dead When I Met You?
Drag artist Chris Green's unfeasibly leggy creation explained her Xmas connections. The Virgin Mary was white trash, just like her sister Donny Marie. Proof ? Her donkey was typically trashy inferior transport. Then again, Jesus's mother is all things to all comedians. Hubby not the dad? Sounds like Vicky Pollard to me.
Between hit-and-miss Yuletide yodelling, including a muscular pro-death penalty interpretation of Silent Night, there was uneven satirical patter. The gold-frocked redneck crooner has done country, now she has gone global and has something to say on everything from Australian gay marriages to troops in "Eye-Rack" to the Palestinian conflict involving "Fatter and Ham-Ass".
Frustratingly though, the impressive ingredients never quite gelled. The medium-sized audience rattling around this major-sized temporary venue hardly helped. It was only during a full-on encore of Dolly P's 9 to 5, with rap, dance and foregrounded politics that Tina really clocked on. Nice to end on a high, it would have been nicer to be on a high throughout.
Tonight (0845 094 2996).
Details are correct at the time of publication - please check with venue before booking.
