ScotsGay Magazine

*****

“Clouds drift away when they see you. Rain wouldn’t dare to fall near you here. Miracles happen when you’re around” So sing the Pet Shop Boys, the 80’s pop group that, somewhat reassuringly to this latish 30something, are still going strong in 2007. Seriously is a musical using the lyrics from Pet Shop Boys songs, with early hits like ‘Rent’ and bang up to date with ‘Casanova in Love’. This isn’t piped pop music that we lipsynch to - but a live 6 piece classical orchestra, and some stunning vocals. Perhaps David Tennant should have the last word on this one though: “I heard the music from it and I was knocked out…It puts our songs in a very different context and I thought it was clever how they’d linked the songs…People who don’t know the Pet Shop Boys particularly well think we’re this camp hi- NRG group, but so many of our songs are these tortured, romantic love songs…They even took a dance song I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Anymore, and put it in a completely different musical context. I thought it was beautiful.” I concur.

Martin Walker

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