Band goes strictly ballroom for night

3:43pm Thursday 15th May 2008

THE curtain goes up this Friday in Pickering on a witty new musical comedy.

Pickering and District Arts Group presents The Watermill Theatre Company in Mickey Salberg's Crystal Ballroom Dance Band by Ade Morris at the Memorial Hall.

It's the early 1950s and the world is changing fast, the Cold War meets warm hearts as jazz makes way for rock n' roll in the era where you've never had it so good' was sometimes true, sometimes not. British conscription comes to an end and The Crystal Ballroom Dance Band plays, inspired by their charismatic leader Micky Salberg.

But how long will the old music last, and what will the new tunes sound like?

This soulful, new musical comedy explores the moment when an era turns, then twists, on the dance floors of Britain. Ade Morris's comedy focuses on the Salberg family who are living in exile, on a farm under threat of being reclaimed by the bailiffs.

With little prospect of making any money from the land they decide to form a ballroom dance band.

Directed by Guy Retallack, the talented cast create a moving and sensitive performances that were a sheer delight to watch.

It will be performed on Friday at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £7.50 and are available now from Television House, Pickering, 01751 472847.

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