There was no danger of anyone needing asking twice to ‘keeeeeep dancing’ as the Strictly Come Dancing live tour brought some ballroom magic to Newcastle on Thursday night.
While I am a massive fan of all things Strictly, celebrating in front of the TV when Jill Halfpenny won and spitting my dummy out when Alexandra Burke didn’t, I had never actually been to the tour before but, within minutes of it starting on Tyneside, I was completely bowled over by the brilliance of it all.
All the prime time panache that has millions of viewers tuning in year after year is brought to the live stage with real joie de vivre, with former Strictly pro Janette Manrara an absolutely marvellous mistress of ceremonies as tour host.
