That’ll Be the Day Review, Bournemouth Pavilion

THE nostalgia party extravaganza That’ll Be The Day is back with a bang and a brand new 30th Anniversary special!

This is the show's record-breaking 19th consecutive Bournemouth summer season and the tireless cast kicked off the birthday celebrations in style.

A slick, fast-paced musical variety show, it took us on a whistle-stop tour of the 50's, 60's and 70's with its heady mix of musical magic, rib-tickling comedy and nostalgia.

The shows founder/ director and cast member Trevor Payne re-writes the show every year and this landmark show offered a new mix of completely live and extraordinarily accurate hit songs - combined with much requested favourite comedy sketches.

Inevitably we started with the 1950's reflecting the music and tone of an era that changed the course of music history and youth culture forever.

We were transported back to The Surf Ballroom to relive that final concert by Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens.

Cliff Richard was back along with the Shadows to huge cheers from the audience.

A Mersey Sounds section featured a moving tribute to Cilla Black with a stunning rendition of her first number 1 single Anyone who had a Heart by Jodie Lawson.

The show's most requested comedy sketch 'Andy Pandy' had the audience in hysterics with its double- entendre and visual gags in a riotous sketch featuring the silent mime of Andy Pandy, his big red balls,playmate Looby- Loo and off-stage narrator.

The musical took us through the 60s from Bob Dylan to the Beatles and into the 70's with a timely tribute to Elvis with Gary Anderson as the white jump suited older Elvis switching to Rebel Dean in his youth.

The show boasts an incredible multi-talented cast with the added talents of Bournemouth's Carrington Hollywood Academy of Dance.

But my favourite part was Trevor as Mick Jagger chatting to Ivy in the audience who was their celebrating her 103 rd birthday!

"I've always preferred older women" he told her - looking and sounding spookily like Jagger, before strutting around the stage and pouting his lips performing Brown Sugar. His reminiscing about the daft things his mum would say in the old days when you got a smack also brought the house down.

A fabulous country section brought us Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton followed by a glitzy trip through the 70 s from The Rubettes to Gloria Gaynor Marc Bolan and beyond.

Everyone was out of their seats dancing and singing – even Ivy, waving her stick in the air ...it was quite a party!

That'll Be the Day is at Bournemouth Pavilion until Saturday, September 5 and returns Wednesday, September 9 – Saturday, Sepember12 .

Tickets: 0844 576 3000, www.bhlivetickets.co.uk