From it’s music to it’s dancing,  Saturday Night Fever is a spectacular show. Featuring songs from the best-selling Bee Gees sound track, including the Bee Gees’ How Deep Is Your Love, Stayin’ Alive, More Than A Woman, as well as 70s favourites Boogie Shoes, Disco Inferno and many more. Direct from it’s triumphant West End season, Saturday Night Fever was showcased this last week at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford. 

 

This 1998 jukebox musical, based on the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever, is a music and dance extravaganza. As soon as the Alhambra theatre opened it’s doors to the public, a stream of excited, chattering guests bursted through as friendly staff were eager to welcome them. Once sat down, there wasn’t a bored face in sight as the lights went off, the curtains went up and the show started to begin. With all the disco lights, music, dancing, emotion and comedic relief, Saturday Night Fever was a truly magnificent performance.

 

Saturday Night Fever, directed by Bill Kenwright, follows the story of Tony Manero as he embarks on a reckless yet thrilling road to dancing success. Tony spends his weekends at the local discotheque where he luxuriates in the admiration of the crowd and his growing feelings towards Stephanie Mangano and can temporarily forget the realities of his life, including his dead-end job in a paint store and his harsh family relationships.

 

Featuring Jack Wilcox as Tony Manero, Rebekah Bryant as Stephanie Mangano and AJ Jenks, Drew Ferry and Oliver Thomson as the Bee Gees, who sing and look down at the story taking place below, Saturday Night Fever was full of awe-inspiring, extraordinary actors, actresses, singers and dancers.

 

The show is split into two acts, with a 20 minute intermission where you can enjoy a delectable drink at the bar and share your thoughts on the show so far with your friends, families and people around you. Fellow audience member, Claire Peacock said: “I really like the staging of the Bee Gees singing and looking down on the production and I definitely like all the singing and dancing so far.”

 

By the end of the show, the audience were out of their seats and were laughing, singing and dancing along with the cast as they performed their final songs of the night. Saturday Night Fever is the perfect show for anyone who enjoys discos, a bit of romance, the 70s and especially the Bee Gees.