ACT ONE Review 2nd January 2023
All opinions expressed are solely my own, I have not been paid to write this, and I have probably misunderstood a huge amount of what went on due to my terrible Japanese. I was lucky enough to attend ACT ONE at the Imperial Theatre on the 2nd January. Having never attended its predecessor: NAME REDACTED I was unsure of what to expect. What follows is personal opinion and what I believe to be the story... I could be awfully wrong. The play opened to a group of young boys who has just joined StarTo (worst name ever) as Juniors. Cue the entry of members of 7 MEN Samurai, HiHi Jets, Bishounen, and Shonen Ninja. The amount of sparkle in their costumes was enough to give me a migraine! After a little while of singing and dancing this all quickly escalates into a fight over who is the best group. There was no real tension or slow build up to what I can only describe as a group of young boys yelling ridiculous things, glaring at each other, and occasionally bumping angrily into each other