boy band-obsessed teenagers. I was pleased when they continued to be part of the staging and story telling even after their older selves were introduced, as this led for some very moving interactions between the older and younger girls. All girls handled the emotion of the story well and it was lovely how Debbie’s spirit was kept alive even when she wasn’t on stage. At times, I found it hard to hear all the lines spoken by some of the girls (I’m not sure if this was due to diction or issues with the microphones), some line ends were somewhat “thrown-away” and in the higher emotion scenes with raised voices this was also a slight issue, meaning I wasn’t always completely sure of what was being said. However, the acting and interactions helped make this clear. The older Girls, played by Lauren Ricketts as Rachel, Alison Foy as Claire, Jennie Davies as Heather and Jem Marshall-Ayre as Zoe, showed us some real contrasting characters to their younger selves and I enjoyed how the show helped us understand what had happened to them all to bring about these changes. Their jaunt around Prague playing in the fountain was (as I’ve said) a highlight – you really believed that this was four old friends coming back together. As above, the scenes with their younger selves were particularly moving as you saw them start to re-embrace the parts of themselves they had lost. Another particularly moving moment for me was Claire’s diving story, beautifully delivered by Alison Foy. All the Girls (younger and older) gave able vocal performances, again with some beautiful solos and harmonies. Andy Greenwood as the various Daves stole every scene he was in! I loved all the contrasting characters, but my personal favourite was as the policeman (“PENIS! Very important to statue!” – such an unexpected line that had me laughing out loud at the time and chuckling every time I thought of it afterwards). Mat Hepplestone was sweet, affable and hapless as Rachel’s partner Jeff, and I really enjoyed his
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