Abbamania At The Grove Theatre, Dunstable Review
TICKETS TO SEE THE SHOW WERE GIFTED TO THE REVIEWER AND GUEST FOR THE PURPOSES OF WRITING THE REVIEW.
Reviewed by Amanda Dando
The Grove Theatre in Dunstable is easily accessible and has several bars and restaurants in walking distance if you wanted to eat or catch a drink before your show. We collected our tickets from the ticket office in super quick time. The Grove is currently my favourite place to watch live music. The seats are a good size, but more importantly there is plenty of space to not just have a little boogie, you can full on live out your ABBA tribute in your own space! To say I enjoyed the show is an understatement. IT WAS FAN ABBA TASTIC!
I have seen more than my fair share of Abba tributes and this was by far head and shoulders above the rest. I can’t even tell you what the opening number was but I think by song two maybe three we were on our feet. We were not alone. This show was packed with non stop back to back ABBA belters. They just kept on coming, every single favourite you can think of they sang. Personal favourites … Lay all your love on me, I have a Dream, Thank you for the music and of course Dancing Queen! My only moan is it was all over far too quickly.
The costumes and accents were all on point, costumes all in true ABBA tradition which was great to see, the harmonies were amazing. I am pretty sure they were the real ABBA !! The atmosphere was a pure joy to be part of, I just haven’t seen so many people having the time of their life in one space for a long time. The presence of the whole band on stage was great. They worked the audience a treat. It’s rare that the whole set from start to finish is fantastic but this truly was.
It was good to see the Grove so packed, the band deserved an adulating audience, and boy did they get it. We had the very best time out, everyone was hanging on their every note. Most of the audience spent the show dancing and belting out the numbers (apologies to my neighbours) And dancing wherever they could. It was the best party atmosphere. Dunstable was rocking last night we are so lucky to have a Theatre to host these tribute shows, they are a fabulous night out and right on our doorstep, the quality of the acts we have seen this year has been outstanding every time. We should all support our local venues as best we can.
If ABBA is your thing and let’s be honest who are you if it’s not, then track these guys in their tour, you will have the night of your life. Thank YOU for the music, I am going to be singing Abba songs for at least the next week. My smile is ear to ear, and my ears are still ringing. All I can say is gimme gimme gimme some more! I will most definitely being seeing you again. AMAZING!
Rating: 5/5
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