CHICAGO ***(*)

Note to self: Never buy tickets for the very back row of the top tier of a theatre again. We could hear everything but the stage was a very long way away and you couldn't see faces.

It was the second time we'd seen this musical, and it's still really good fun - especially going with friends.

But the first time we went it was still with the original cast and it was much better.

Aoife Mulholland (she was in How do you solve a problem like Maria) was good as Roxie, but we had a stand-in Velma who couldn't make her character stong enough, which really upsets the balance of the drama.