BOOGIE Nights is back - and this time it's the 1980s with stiletto heels, padded shoulders, puffball skirts, Bob Geldof and Maggie Thatcher.

The whole feel of the decade is really brought to life in this musical which has an all-star cast of David Essex, Sophie Lawrence (ex-EastEnders) and Scott Robinson (ex-boy band 5ive). Both Sophie (especially in I Will Survive) and Scott were in fine voice.

But the star of the night was Mark Jones who played the lead role of Roddy, an ambitious club owner who will go to any lengths to make his money.

But then his partner in crime sets him up and Roddy is left in a coma after a fire at the club which was planned to claim the insurance money.

David Essex then comes in as St Peter, giving Roddy a choice of life or death but only once he has explored his past life.

More than 80 pulsating hits by Wham!, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Madonna, Human League, Kylie, Madonna, The Specials, Soft Cell and Duran Duran really bring the story to life and had everyone in the audience tapping their toes and waving their arms.

Eventually Roddy, thanks to some reconstructions of 1980s quiz shows Family Fortunes and Blind Date, returns to life and is reunited with girlfriend Debs (Sophie Lawrence) and his new baby.

I really enjoyed the way the songs were presented almost as videos - such an important medium in the 1980s - and Robert Palmer's Addicted to Love with the four girls guitarists worked especially well.

Don Crann as Eamonn, Roddy's father, provided plenty of light relief, especially when he had broken both of his legs!

But the funniest moment of the night was unscripted when Eddie the Eagle Edwards came a cropper on his skis. I haven't laughed so much for years.

Finally a mention to all the great dancers - especially the brave men who appeared on stage in their underpants!

If, like me, you are a fan of the 1980s music, fashion and mind-set, don't miss this wonderful show. There were two standing ovations at the end and we were all left wanting more. AG