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Singer Marti a sexy wee devil
POP star, heart throb, rock and roll survivor.
Marti Pellow has been there and done all of that, with the gold discs and personal scars to show.
But it's a totally different man who's wooing the ladies this week at the Lyceum Theatre.
In fact, he admits: "I'm just your average horny little devil. Feel free to have a touch."
And you get more than a touch as he puts on a devil of an act as latter day Lucifer, Darryl Van Horne in The Witches of Eastwick, best known as a movie but now taking on a whole new life and audience as a sexy, seductive, suggestive musical.
Pellow is more Jim than Jack (that's Carrey rather than Nicholson) as he teeth-gnashes, hip-sways and pelvis-thrusts through a show which is best described as single entendre.
The demonic glint in his eye outshines the stage lights and even that is outdazzled by the man's talent.
His vocal range is impressive, effortlessly switching keys to duet with co-star witches Ria Jones (Alex), Rebecca Thornhill (Sukie) and Poppy Tierney (Jane) and his natural gift for comedy comes to the fore, with fresh meaning given to impishly delivered one lines, such as: "I know my music. It's one of the few things that keep me humble."
The audience is 90 per cent fairer sex, more reflecting Mr Pellow's fanbase than a cross section of the city's theatregoers, and it's true to say that he could have coasted through the performance and still been sent them away happy.
But he hit the stage running (literally) and stayed in top gear throughout.
This isn't a one-man show, though.
The cast bring their own energy to this magical musical which tells not so much a boy-meets-girl story (though that is featured) as good meets bad and has a thoroughly good time before seeing the light of day.
Those bewitching witches – Jones, Thornhill and Tierney – bring plenty of talented toil and trouble to the good people of one-horse town Eastwick and raise the standard bar to a dizzying height to create a show to remember.
It's explosive, high-flying and will cast a spell on all who enter the Lyceum this week.
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