IT’S a firm family favourite that always goes down a storm with the audience – even if it is a touch farcical at times! Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is camp, cheesy and completely comedic.

This is a fun-filled show definitely not afraid to laugh at itself and the more silly elements – the misshapen fake sheep incapable of standing up, the overweight brother seemingly unaffected by seven years of drought and good old Pharoah Presley.

As the curtain rises on a beautiful instrumental medley by the orchestra, we are warned that there were no mobile phones or cameras at the time the Book of Genesis was written. I’m pretty sure there were no cowboys, burlesque dancers, carnivals, cheerleaders – or a biblical Elvis for that matter. But no one cares.

The show that was revived thanks to the search for a new Joseph on BBC’s Any Dream Will Do is looking a tad tired again, but it retains a set of serious superfans, one even donning her own coat of many colours to dance in the aisle.

The man that was runner-up in that competition continues to wow the crowds. Keith Jack, who was narrator to Lee Mead’s Joseph before taking on the lead role in both the West End and on tour, could play the part in his sleep.

But he gives it his all alongside Lauren Ingram, whose vocals also impress in the role of the narrator. But in Joseph it’s all about those catchy tunes.

The crowd just want to clap, sing and dance along to classics like Close Every Door and Pharoah’s Story. Most of last night’s busy first night crowd could barely sit still in anticipation of the Joseph Megamix crescendo. Go, Go, Go Joseph!

The show runs until Saturday.