Hairspray – Wolverhampton Grand
“Hairspray” explodes onto the stage of the Wolverhampton Grand with all the vigour, vibrancy and verve one has come to expect and does exactly what it says on the spray tin. It’s a wild effusion of fun and frolics expertly delivered and tempered with a sobering seam of politics of racial segregation. John Water’s originally movie strutted out of the celluloid closet way back in 1988 featuring the grotesque drag artist Divine in the mother role creating a cult sensation. The tradition of casting a male in the female role continues today and it’s an interesting decision in the air of the shifting notions of identity and genre which have emerged since the show's inception especially in a country which already has a long tradition of the dame. However, Neil Hurst is a natural in the role and m...
