REVIEW

THAT’LL BE THE DAY

Weymouth Pavilion

THEY are back, Trevor Payne and the gang who bring with them a non-stop evening of music and laughter from the rock n’ roll days that is guaranteed to fill the theatre every time they arrive in town.

The touring show has been running for 30 years but changes at least twice a year so that every visit is full of new joys neatly combined with old favourites like the drum routine, now wonderfully enlarged to three drum kits and of course the long running joke routine about Roy Orbison who never quite makes it.

With news film clips bringing back the past along with extracts from Top of the Pops, the pace never slackens for a second as non-stop tributes to pop stars like Elvis, Rod Stewart and the Everly Brothers revive memories for an adoring audience who join in to sing and dance the night away.

A salute to the James Bond films features in the film themes with live songs by the group adding to the colour and variety of the show’s material.

Comedy plays a big part as always and a Flower Pot Men routine gives Bill and Ben the chance to be naughty but nice while Rolling Stones star Mick Jagger, played by Trevor, is always a huge hit with his outrageous stories that get the audience rolling in the aisles.

But music is what this show is about and the six musicians and five singers wonderfully bring to life a much loved pop era from the 1950s to the 1980s,

The national tour returns to Weymouth in July and will be appearing in Bournemouth, Yeovil and Poole in the coming months.

MARION COX