Reviewed by: Stage Whispers
Review by Barry Hill | 25 February 2022

 

Sometimes the simplest things are the best! This is the case with Men Who Dance. It is simply that, five men who dance. Having said that, they don’t just dance they sing and most of all, they entertain!

The five men in question, Charlie, Kurt, Ricky-Jai, Willian and Dhuruva individually have their own styles but mould them into a tight unit for the hour they perform together.

There is so much to choose from stylistically ranging from a narcissistic number with a mirror to the soundtrack of ‘Love Me Tender’ to the jazz era recreated to ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’ and a close encounter of the third kind with a friendly alien complete with a Segway and umbrellas.

I particularly enjoyed the tribute to Spartacus and his battle with Gannicus featuring the balletic talents of Charlie and Kurt who later tap battle in ‘Everything Old is New Again’ bringing back old Hollywood.

Other highlights are Ricky-Jai and Dhuruva’s number with a gold hat that causes the performer to change dance styles, Ricky-Jai’s hip-hop routine, Willian’s testosterone-charged number as a workman, complete with sledge hammer and the boys’ version of “Fever’ performed on stools and reminiscent of the famous ‘Cell Block Tango’.