It was a cold dark night in London on Monday 2 March 2009. Just some 200 yards from the Leicester Square Theatre, they were laying the red carpet outside VUE Cinema for the premiere of Jennifer Aniston's new film. A host of celebrities would walk along the red carpet, if I'd had my floorshow costume on I'd have been tempted to strut my stuff.

But no, we didn't brave the cold to watch, we made our way into the warmth of the Leicester Square Theatre, where the real stars were. We had of course come to see the multi talented David Bedella and the equally talented Christopher Biggins.

We were given a warm welcome by the theatre staff and on entering the foyer the first person we saw was Nathan Amzi, (Eddie/Dr Scott) selling David's new CD which was released on the night, of course we bought a copy which was later autographed by David.

We then went into the main auditorium, where we met Richard Meek (Brad) , Iain Davy (Riff Raff) Christopher Luscombe , Richard O'Brien and Phil Sykes (Stage Manager). Then we met Biggins and David Bedella, Hugs and greetings, “great to see you” all round.

Earlier on during the day we bumped into Sarah Boulton (Janet), Shona White (Magenta) and Kay Murphy (Columbia), all of us going into Pret A Manger for lunch. They told us they'd be in the show tonight.

On to the show, Biggins introduced the evening by telling us that he was a bigger star than David and that he had been in the Rocky Horror Picture Show as well as the stage show while David had only been in the stage show. He went on to tell us what a Diva David is and praised his enormous talent.

David came on stage supported by an 11 piece orchestra who were brilliant in their own right. He was periodically joined by four male dancers and later by his Rocky Horror Girls,(as he referred to them), Sarah, Shona and Kay who really belted out the backing vocals.

David did an hour set, with a wide range of numbers, from the Rat-Pak, jazz, dance, Hedwig and Rocky Horror, with a few dance routines of his own and some chit-chat. The show was absolutely brilliant, Richard O'Brien joining him on stage for a duet singing I'm Going Home which brought a lump to my throat and some tears to my eyes, it was very moving.

Sandy and myself stayed for the late (11.30 pm) show where we met Julian (Rocky). We also met the lovely Pressley, David's Husband and the equally lovely Neil, Biggins's Husband, we spent some time chatting and posing for a few photos.

The late show was every bit as brilliant as the first show, even though we knew Richard would join David on stage it didn't stop us from becoming emotional again. The audience giving David and the cast a standing ovation at the end.

David told me that he is off to Australia to do 13 shows in 7 days of the Jerry Springer Show. We wish him all the very best.

The cast members who were there seemed keen to do Rocky Horror again, Richard Meek would especially like to play Brad and understudy Frank. With the 40th Anniversary of the show coming up, I can't think of a better cast….!

This was an Absolutely Fantastic night , brilliant show, meeting up with friends, fans and most of the cast from the previous tour, a couple of drinks after the shows, it was just like a Rocky Horror reunion, true friends, true love.

Love
Norman xx

Original Press Release for the event