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7th April 2022
01:13pm BST

Of course, as our leading lady Roxie (a brilliantly layered Faye Brookes) and her direct competition for the headlines Velma (Djangela Scott, barely disguising the desperation with a thin crust of bravado) try to lure in both the city's best lawyer Billy Flynn and prison matron Mama Marton (Sheila Ferguson bringing some old school diva energy), the way to get that attention is through the magnificently sexy musical numbers.
And it is here that the musical really flies.
While pretty much everyone knows 'And All That Jazz', it can be overlooked just how many absolute bangers fill the runtime:
'Cell Block Tango' manages to be a sexy AND funny song about different ways to kill your lover, 'When You're Good To Mama' has incredible fun linguistically backflipping around double entendres, while the show-stopping highlight 'We Both Reached For The Gun' marries brilliant physical comedy with, y'know, getting away with murder.
The entire cast shimmy and shake their way through each of the jaunty numbers - even the normally depressing inclusion of 'Mr. Cellophane' is played for more comedic value here - so that during the slower songs, time to give both them and us a moment to catch our breath, every inch of the stage is being utilised in the best possible way.
Tickets for Chicago start at €21, with the show running at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre until Saturday, 16 April.
Images via Bord Gais
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