Funny Girls, at its heart, is a drag revue show. However that simple phrase does not come anywhere close to describing the amazing extravaganza I saw. Funny Girls is a cabaret revue show, staged in a bar which used to be a cinema, a short walk from Blackpool Tower.
The evening consists of several cabaret style mini-shows spaced throughout the evening, performed on a stage behind the bar, with music played in between by the fabulous compere, DJ Zoe.
Zoe is everything you would expect from a compere at a drag show: sassy, quick-witted and hilarious. She engaged the audience excellently, taking requests for people celebrating birthdays, anniversaries or other special events, and mercilessly ribbing them in the process.
There were 8 performers during the cabaret acts, (9 if you include Zoe herself who participates in a few of the numbers), 4 boys and 4 girls. All of whom are obviously very skilled dancers / performers and bring their own personalities and energies to the different dance routines throughout the evening.
The vast majority of the dance routines are original, creative and hilarious to watch as the girls and boys interact in a typically outrageous gay way - expect spanking, exposed skin and the occasional mimed sexual act!
The routines ranged from the typical flamboyant drag performance (feathers & big headdresses), fantastic dancing (Irish, Flamenco & Salsa), comedy routines which had the audience in fits of laughter, and shows of amazing acrobatic strength and dexterity with one of the girls performing an excellent routine on silks.
One highlight for me was the hilarious 'Sound of Music' parody with the performers dressed as Maria and the Von Trapp children (and as there are only 3 boys in the Von Trapp family, one - Stephen - dressed as one of the little girls, and throughout the whole performance did a brilliant act of not being too happy about this!).
The last part of the show, which lasted a full 30 minutes and consisted of a range of the most popular routines from the last 20 years, was seamless despite the numerous costume changes (I think I counted 8 costumes for some of the cast) and flowed beautifully from scene to scene, with music spanning the decades from the 60s (The Beatles / Lulu) to the 90s (The Spice Girls).
A special mention goes to Miss Amber who played an excellent Maria and Sporty Spice, Dan and Paul who bought the character of Emcee to life, and Stephen who (I say unashamedly) as well as being a fantastically talented dancer was simply gorgeous to look at especially when stripped to just his pants!
If you are open-minded, don't mind a bit of smutty humour and adult comedy, and are up for a fun evening out in Blackpool, then Funny Girls is a must see.
The evening consists of several cabaret style mini-shows spaced throughout the evening, performed on a stage behind the bar, with music played in between by the fabulous compere, DJ Zoe.
Zoe is everything you would expect from a compere at a drag show: sassy, quick-witted and hilarious. She engaged the audience excellently, taking requests for people celebrating birthdays, anniversaries or other special events, and mercilessly ribbing them in the process.
There were 8 performers during the cabaret acts, (9 if you include Zoe herself who participates in a few of the numbers), 4 boys and 4 girls. All of whom are obviously very skilled dancers / performers and bring their own personalities and energies to the different dance routines throughout the evening.
The vast majority of the dance routines are original, creative and hilarious to watch as the girls and boys interact in a typically outrageous gay way - expect spanking, exposed skin and the occasional mimed sexual act!
The routines ranged from the typical flamboyant drag performance (feathers & big headdresses), fantastic dancing (Irish, Flamenco & Salsa), comedy routines which had the audience in fits of laughter, and shows of amazing acrobatic strength and dexterity with one of the girls performing an excellent routine on silks.
One highlight for me was the hilarious 'Sound of Music' parody with the performers dressed as Maria and the Von Trapp children (and as there are only 3 boys in the Von Trapp family, one - Stephen - dressed as one of the little girls, and throughout the whole performance did a brilliant act of not being too happy about this!).
The last part of the show, which lasted a full 30 minutes and consisted of a range of the most popular routines from the last 20 years, was seamless despite the numerous costume changes (I think I counted 8 costumes for some of the cast) and flowed beautifully from scene to scene, with music spanning the decades from the 60s (The Beatles / Lulu) to the 90s (The Spice Girls).
A special mention goes to Miss Amber who played an excellent Maria and Sporty Spice, Dan and Paul who bought the character of Emcee to life, and Stephen who (I say unashamedly) as well as being a fantastically talented dancer was simply gorgeous to look at especially when stripped to just his pants!
If you are open-minded, don't mind a bit of smutty humour and adult comedy, and are up for a fun evening out in Blackpool, then Funny Girls is a must see.