Sea Side Special

O.K. I know I'm a little behind the times but last Saturday I went to see this years Sea Side Special at the Cromer Pier.

It was fantastic!

I went last year and wasn't sure whether they would be able to match up with the standard they set then this year.  Instead of falling below the bar they surpassed it.  I went to see the Show titled 'Strictly Seaside' which takes the best of what Talent Shows have the potential to be and crossed it with the best of Live Variety Theatre.  When these company claims to be the future of Live Variety they are not boasting, they are stating fact.

The reason I say the show titled Strictly Seaside is because they actually run two shows throughout the summer season, the summer season being from the 15th of June to the 28th of September.  With a theatre run that long it is possible to even the most professional of actor/actress to be come jaded and the show to go flat.  To combat this the cast and crew of Cromer Pier rehearse and perform two shows, alternating week by week so they have to stay on their toes, both literally and mentally, so that they don't confuse up the shows and start an art that belongs to the other show.

The cast as well this year are amazing.

Dain Cordean reprises his role as resident Comedy Magician from last year and puts on another amazing show.  For someone who claims he doesn't know the restore the rope trick he does a fairly good impression of knowing it.

Danny Posthill was new for this year and had us all giggling with impressions of the best of the stand up comedy circuit.

Also new for the summer run was Jo Little, a four foot ten package of boundless energy and wit, who takes the micky out of the worse of the talent shows and also her own height, or rather lack of it.  Watch out for her sketch involving the microphone stand that somebody else set up.

David Jon O'Neill from Australia was this years principal vocalist and he also had many a funny comment to pass, even managing to make the jokes about the British Weather seem fresh and new to those of us who have endured it all our lives.

With over a month of the run still to go my advice is to buy a ticket or three asap because this show is one you do not what to miss and will have all the family still giggling long after the curtain goes down.

As for me, I'm already reserving the tickets for next year.  See you there.