How much is too much? Not a question that was ever asked in the making of this show, and it is all the better for it. As soon as you think you’ve reached peak glitter and sass, Johannes Radebe ups the voltage. This show is stadium energy, on a regional tour scale, with the intimacy of a cabaret club. Radebe is a beloved member of the Strictly Come Dancing professional cast, but everyone in this room knows that. The audience are Jojo’s BFFs, joining in the chat and shouting out their adoration: it’s a giant love-in.
Freedom Unleashed is the follow-up to last year’s Freedom show. Though arguably not as strong as the original, it’s great there’s more time spent with African dance and music – pantsula and kizomba dance, the great Miriam Makeba – as well as the shiny, happy, sometimes cheesy, Strictly-style sketches.
