Anyone who wants to let their hair down, dress up or dare to bare, and generally have a wild time: The Rocky Horror Show is for you. Loud and proud, the audience were as much as part of the show as the actors were. Plenty of calling out and dancing along with the songs is required, and the sexual experimentalism in the atmosphere is enough to get anyone turned on.

For those of you that are not familiar with the musical, the general story line is of a conventional, wholesome young all-American couple who get lost on a drive, and stumble across a large manor house, home to tran-sexual transvestite Frank N Furter, and his varied sex-slave company. The couple get drawn into the action, taste the forbidden fruit of temptation, and question their marriage engagement.

The grand host Frank N Furter (played by Jonathan Wilkes) is occupied by his quest for a perfect lover with the ideal body. He creates his vision Frankenstein-style, creating Rocky, his hot young buck in leopardskin pants. He is eventually killed, and the remaining company leave for their home planet of Transexual in the galaxy of Transylvania, leaving fifties couple Brad and Janet alone and bewildered.

Christine Hamilton appears as an effective narrator, while Neil makes an appearance in suspenders and drag! The general statement about sexual assertion and the mixed pleasure in tasting the forbidden fruit is what stands out. The chanted line "Don't dream it...be it" is what this show urges you to do. Uninhibited desires and mould-breaking characterises this show, and the spark it produces still sends the audience wild.

All the characters are larger than life cardboard cut outs, and seem to represent types of sexual behaviour. For example the shy and sensible Janet, through to the untamed sexual energy of Frank, who is free of morals or constriction. The show is full of opposites; like the good and the bad, the tame and the wild, being faithful, and being tempted. The Rocky Horror show celebrates difference in people, and provides an accommodating atmosphere for anyone to be themselves. Don't expect great meaning or depth to this show, but do expect full-on fun and entertainment. Enter at your own risk!

Sarah Vanstone 18.11.02