Audience were on their feet and joining in; Reviews.Byline: PAUL MARSTON Mar·ston , John 1575?-1634. English playwright whose works include The Malcontent and The Dutch Courtezan (both 1604). ABBA Mania Mania ancient Roman goddess of the dead. [Rom. Myth.: Zimmerman, 159] See : Death GRAND THEATRE, WOLVERHAMPTON HOW could any show fail with the super music of the famous Swedish group at its disposal? Certainly not this one featuring the ten-year-old tribute group currently touring the UK with considerable success, and chunks of the Grand's first night audience were on their feet singing and swaying sway v. swayed, sway·ing, sways v.intr. 1. To swing back and forth or to and fro. See Synonyms at swing. 2. for most of the second half of the programme. With no programmes on sale, the customers couldn't tell whether Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Anni-Frid were Swedish imports or from downtown Brum, and the accents only contained a vague clue: "Vulverhamptone... are you haffing fun?" Yes they were. Silver-haired grannies in the front stalls kept up the tempo tempo [Ital.,=time], in music, the speed of a composition. The composer's intentions as to tempo are conventionally indicated by a set of Italian terms, of which the principal ones are presto (very fast), vivace (lively), allegro (fast), into the third song after the 'final' number of the two-hour show, although it proved too much for one youngster, fast asleep on dad's shoulder in the dress circle. Agnetha and Anni-Frid are more impressive than the male versions of Bjorn and Benny in this group, but they blend well enough, especially in Mamma Mia and Thank You For The Music, while a 23-strong choir choir [O.Fr.] 1 A group of singers; traditionally the chorus organized to sing in a church. Usually, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran choirs are composed of men and boys, but occasionally in these churches and customarily in other Protestant of youngsters from a local school join in on stage with Fernando. Abba Mania will be singing on until tomorrow night. VERDICT: HHHHI PAUL MARSTON |
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