Review - Our House - Redgrave Theatre, Bristol

With trepidation I went along to support the UWE Players and their production of the Madness musical "Our House", a show I hadn't warmed too when I saw it years ago in London - and boy did it start unpromisingly with an almost whispered prologue seeing Joe Casey's parents meeting. But boy, once Will Ferris came on stage as protagonist Joe, who has to negotiate his way through a complex Sliding Doors situation of what-if necessitating numerous quick change routines, including one during "The Sun And The Rain" hidden behind umbrellas that merited its own applause, the quality picked up and never let up. Whilst Will was head and shoulders the best thing in the show, the rest of the cast showed he was never more than one step beyond them with a bright set of song and dance. Villains were suitably villainous, and the camden market scene which took off Oliver was superb. An excellent surprise and a show that was much better than the one in London. Well done to all concerned 5/5