Concert Reviews

The Station, Cannock What an awesome night that was. Due to a cancellation a last-minute support act stepped in to warm up the crowd before the headliner. The acoustic set by THIRD ANGLE managed that only partially. Many a Nirvana cover were performed, and the vocalist truly has an amazing voice but the sparse interpretations of the songs by just him on his guitar and a bassist lacked the ‘oomph’ to carry it through. It was still entertaining, Not long afterwards Rammlied, the Rammstein tribute act, came on stage and rocked hard, industrial and ‘German’. There is truly something weird about listening to a fellow German, barking songs and rolling R’s in German, reminiscing of the harsh past Germany has had with its fair share of mental and somewhat insane leaders. The show was superb and the songs were amazing and very well received. Rammlied raised the roof with hard hitting tunes and a lot of humour and they were simply amazing.

This was my first ever pantomime experience and I didn’t know what to expect – I certainly wasn’t expecting a truly magical, ultra-funny and simply awesome evening. The story of Dick Whittington is aged old and Timothy Roberts as Dick was truly superb, which is true for all performers in this production. Ex – ‘East Enders’ star Mark Homer played King Rat both menacing as well as relatable and the audience loved to hate him. The entire evening was full of wit and lough out loud humour . Funniest of all was Keith De Winter in his role as Dame Sarah the cook. He was a puppeteer in the last 2 Star Wars™ movies and he was hilarious all throughout the pantomime. From the dancers to the actors to the two live musicians this performance was a triumph and I recommend for anyone to see it. xxxxx - highly recommendable