Tonight's the Night

Synopsis

From the sexy mean streets of Detroit to the glamorous clubs and the Rock Star mansions of LA and Beverly Hills, Tonight's the Night tracks the story of Stu Roderick, a quiet, shy guy so hung up and tongue tied that he can not even find the courage to declare his love to Mary, the sweet, wholesome girl of his dreams. How different Stu is to his hero, that legendary rock ‘n roll vagabond Rod Stewart - now there s a guy who never had any trouble hitting on a girl. One night, alone and desperate, Stu reflects that if he could only be more like Rod then Mary would surely be his, and for that Stu would sell his very soul. In less time than it takes to say hot legs Mephistopheles, agent of Satan, turns up ready to make a deal. If Stu commits his soul to reside in Hell for all eternity, the Devil will give Stu the soul of Rod Stewart and then it will be bye bye Mr. Dull Guy and hello ladies! Stu is about to learn the hard way that you can t find true love using another man s moves and that Devil or no Devil there s only one Rod Stewart.

Our Review:

8 November 2003

After We Will Rock You, now it's the turn of We Will Rod You, as some wags have already labelled Ben Elton's tribute to Rod Stewart, Tonight's the Night.

Actually, there's a lot of Rod - not to mention his rod, as Elton tirelessly and tiresomely does - in it. Even though he's an offstage character, we get to visit his house - the gates of which bear a coat of arms and inscription that reads 'Booze/Balls/Birds', to subtly convey his principal obsessions - and meet his powerful lady manager, Baby Jane Golden (Catherine Porter), his camp valet Jorge (Howard Samuels), and even a bevy of masseuses, who have come to, er, pamper him.

And thanks to the interventions of a female, cat-suited Satan (Hannah Waddingham), our Rod is also currently inhabiting the heart, soul (and, I'm sorry to say, balls) of a nerdy mechanic called Stuart Clutterbuck (Tim Howar) who, as a result, has turned into a rock 'n' roll lothario. Me...

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86.132.31.8) - 11 April 2006:

amazing show, loved it, shame the one on tour now isnt the same cast as loved michael mckell as stoner, it'll be hard to beat him as well as tim howar who is a mini rod himself!!...

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