As our handbags are rifled through at the security checks outside Manchester's Palace Theatre for the opening night of hit musical The Bodyguard, we are given an extraordinary warning from The Palace's very own bodyguard. Looking sternly down at the two of us giddy 40-somethings the security officer says: "Ladies, I have to tell you, that tonight you're not allowed to sing".
We're not allowed to SING? Now, I know I'm no Whitney but this is a new one on me when I'm walking into a show.
As if the warning at the door were not enough, as we headed to the stalls I see ushers having to hold aloft signs with bold print stating to everyone flooding in: "PLEASE REFRAIN FROM SINGING ALONG. Thank you."
