Greatest Days – Hull New Theatre
The pre-show stage setting greeting theatregoers at the Hull New Theatre on Tuesday evening, must rank as the oddest.
It was a line of washing, and I wondered what that could possibly have to do with the production - Greatest Days, the official Take That Musical.
But it’s often the little things that make an impact - and this line of washing was actually blowing in the wind. A clever touch of realism.
And that simple prop came to highlight the mundanity of one of the surviving characters. I say “surviving” as there is a fatality, but my lips are sealed as to who pops their clogs.
It’s 1993, and five 16-year-old schoolgirls are fans of boy band Take That who are enjoying their first UK number 1 hit, Pray.
The five - Rachel (Olivia Hallett), Debbie (Mary Moore), Heather (Kitty...