Former Strictly Come Dancing Stars Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace give a stunning performance full of passion and drama in Dance ’Til Dawn. After years of dancing on the nation’s television screens the pair have become household names, and director and co-choreographer Karen Bruce has clearly played to their strengths.

Karen, who directed the UK tour of Strictly Come Dancing, has added plenty of sparkle, sequins and West End razzmatazz, as well as splendid cast of dancers and singers.

Flavia plays Sadie Strauss, a 1940s Hollywood starlet who sees her partner and co-star Bobby Burns callously murdered by love rival and blonde bombshell Lana Clemenza.

Vincent, as the hero Tony, steps in to save her and begins a love story which is told through the language of dance and includes several moments of black comedy.

The performance is packed with popular songs which help to evoke the Hollywood era, including numbers made famous by Otis Redding, Joe McCoy, James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome.

Many of the ballroom favourites are there, from the slow rumba and the quickstep, to the jive and Charleston, as well a beautiful waltz danced by Vincent and Flavia to Moon River.

I found myself enjoying the music, the singing and the storyline just as much as the dancing.

It was really refreshing to see a dance-centred production which was able to provide the complete entertainment package.

Abbie Osmon, who plays Lana Clemenza, has a powerful voice and stole the show several times with renditions of That’s Life and It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World.

Teddy Kempner was also brilliant as seedy but likeable detective Tommy Dubrowski, who unravels the whole story and whose antics raised several laughs from the audience.

Both Vincent and Flavia are fabulous to watch and they save the best until last with a breathtaking Argentinian Tango, their trademark dance, right at the end.

If Strictly Come Dancing doesn’t make you want to put on your ballroom shoes and take up dancing this show certainly will.