Revenge is a dish best served cold – or in this case with some toe-tapping musical numbers. For when a young girl named Sorrow is witness to the death of her parents at the hands of the Bewley family, she decides to take matters into her own hands: fifteen years later she plots to marry into the family, rob them of their fortune and kill off them one by one. Obviously things don’t quite go to plan and there are some neat little twists to this enjoyable if rather formulaic show.
What may read like a jet black story is actually a lot of camp fun, with bright colourful characters, good humour and a few musical numbers that wouldn’t be out of place in the new season of Glee.
All of this is helped along by brilliant performances from the cast, including Helen George as Sorrow. Despite being relatively unknown she manages to delight as the femme fatale. The Penny Dreadfuls also take a break from their wonderful sketch show to star as three characters who cheer her on, and they delight with their playful adlibs. Praise must also go to Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine’s Jim Bob, who is brilliant as a lounge singer.
The show is a lot of fun, with some great tunes, but it doesn’t quite leave the impact it aims for, coming over as enjoyable rather than spectacular.
3/5 
Martin Miller
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