This show helped welcome in the New Year 2026 with a celebration of disco music from the 1970’s. With the New Year advancing, the audience re-lived fond memories of dancing to the hit songs of the1970’s; everyone was in party mood, dressed in sparkly disco attire to enjoy the show and were on their feet dancing from the minute the show started.
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra led by conductor, Alfonso Casado Trigo dressed in a silver lurex jacket,
were resplendent on stage, some dressed in sequinned jackets, sporting overlarge sparkly
spectacles, wearing pink and white wigs, sequinned skullcaps and sparkly cowboy hats etc.
Trigo changed after the interval into a red sequinned jacket.
First to perform was Gloria
Onitiri, dressed in a sparkly gold mini dress with matching ankle boots singing
‘Young Hearts Run Free’ made popular by Candi Staton.
She arrived on stage without prior
introduction as did the other two soloists, Nick Shirm and Ako Mitchell. Front
of house staff were giving out pamphlets with a description of the show plus
information about the orchestra members and the soloists as the audience were
taking their seats, but if they weren’t taken, attendees would not know who was
performing. It could have been better
organised so that there was a host introducing the performers and providing a bit
of back-ground history about them.
Two over-sized Christmas trees
with lights decked the stage at either side and there was clever use of coloured
spotlights throughout the performance.
The soloists performed either
individually, as a duet or a trio and all performed well; the standout
performance for me was from Gloria Onitiri who has a powerful singing voice which matched
the songs she performed, a full set list is provided below.
The performance had a party feel
to it and it was clearly enjoyed by all who attended, with many up from their
seats, dancing, clapping and singing along.
All attending were provided with a glass of fizz delivered
to their seat with a champagne flute.
Full set list as follows :-
Go West - Original Version 1979 Village People
Young Hearts Run Free Candi Staton
Disco Inferno The Trammps
That's the Way (I Like It) KC & The Sunshine Band
Hot Stuff Donna Summer
Don't Take Away The Music Tavares
Stayin Alive Bee Gees
Flashdance...What a Feeling - Radio Edit Irene Cara
Blame It on the Boogie The Jacksons
Copacabana (At the Copa) Barry Manilow
Le Freak CHIC
On The Radio Donna Summer
Mamma Mia ABBA
The show incorporated provision of
BSL interpretation delivered by Amy Lawson (BSL Interpreter).
Reviewer – Anne Pritchard
On - 31st December 2025
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