Blok Busta

Synopsis

When Inspector Stone arrives at Glamsvilles club Devil Gate Drive he causes horror when he announces that a killer called Busta is on the loose. And what's more his deadly weapon is....DISCO!! This hilarious musical 'who dunnit?' pays homage to classic Glam favourites such as Sweet,Slade, T.Rex, Bowie, Suzy Quatro and Alice Cooper. Not to be missed!

Our Review:

30 March 2009

Well, it’s all very rock ‘n roll; the Players Theatre bar is full of glam women and men in frilly shirts, leather trousers, dodgy mullets and with faces reminiscent of the heady days of 70s glam rock. The time of curtain up is also very rock ‘n roll as the front of house staff battle to get the revellers into the auditorium and we eventually go up 20 minutes late.

“Set in the comic strip world of Glamsville, Blok Busta is a new glam rock musical of mostly an original score, but with a few of those all time favourites interwoven into one enormous glittering glam-fest!” says the programme. To a certain extent it does what it says on the tin; the majority of the show is sung with short interludes of cartoony dialogue to advance the flimsy plot of a murderer called Busta who kills by playing disco music at his victims.

But that is not what this evening is really about; it’s about a bunch of kids stomping around in platform shoes, b...

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A Fan - 7 April 2009:

Went to the show - fantastic - Glam full of fun and brilliant music. Mr. Nice/Hell Raiser very talented and can certainly play guitar brilliantly - one to watch. ...

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