No longer the zenith of cool

"Start your day the golden way; rock 'n' roll will soothe your soul"; words taken, dear brethren, from a kind of prologue to the musical Grease. If you believe them, there are worse places to be than at The Point for the next few weeks, and you won't need any cautionary advice from me about decibel levels, not even if you're in the armed forces.

The show first saw the footlights at the start of the 1970s, and it is now positively signalling its age, perhaps making a virtue of necessity. The story of American high school students being naughty in their then fashion is no longer the zenith of cool, but naivety can have its charm. So can nostalgia, but that's not applicable to us; school here was never like this.

Pop star Luke Goss plays Danny, leader of the gang, and he looks well, moves rhythmically and sings with excellence. However, he lacks the stage charisma - I might as well say it - of a John Travolta, and does not dominate. Alison Carter is the goody-goody Sandy, who ludicrously sheds her inhibitions in the end to get her man. They make a handsome and musical pair.

The rest of the large cast are lively and tuneful, reasonably choreographed and lacking in little except electricity. The songs are less than memorable, Summer Nights and Sandy being the ones that survive best. The stage is appropriately neon-garish and the music loud. Those who are tempted by this revival should catch it while they can; it may never return.

Continues until July 25th. To book, phone: 01-8363633.