The Liverpool Empire audience was on its feet singing and dancing as though they were at a gig, as the opening night of The Commitments came to a close last night.
Based on the smash hit, BAFTA winning 1991 film which was adapted from Roddy Doyle's 1987 novel of the same name, The Commitments tells the tale of a mismatched gang of working-class Irish musicians who are brought together by an unemployed Dubliner named Jimmy Rabbitte, to become the "saviours of soul" music.
As the band learns to deliver toe-tapping soul classics and approaches the precipice of success in the music industry, things unravel as tempers, ego and lust hog more of the spotlight than their talent.
