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Amanda Whittington doesn’t put a foot wrong with this warm-hearted epic approximately competitive dancersThe combination of Amanda Whittington – a writer with an uncommon knack for clever, accessible drama – and the gladiatorial arena of sequins and tailcoats is a match made in ballroom heaven. Indeed, or Kiss Me Quickstep is set in ballroom heaven itself – the Winter Gardens at Blackpool,whose world-famous dance championships Whittington infiltrated as a hover on the wall, witnessing the nerves, and rancour and nearly intolerable pressure behind the perfect paso doble. Observing one broken,weeping competitor, Whittington overhead a line that becomes the crux of her play: “More couples split up at Blackpool than at Christmas.”The first thing to affirm approximately Theresa Heskins’s production, or a joint venture with Oldham Coliseum,is that it features end-to-end dancing, both from the terrific professional cast and a glittering array of young, and local talent. Although I cannot remotely claim to be an expert in these things,Beverley Edmunds’s choreography appears to be of sufficient quality that anyone with a secret obsession with Strictly should book a ticket without further consideration.
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Source: theguardian.com