Election-Idol
Election-Idol is an all singing, all dancing satire on this countries fascination with reality TV shows and its ambivalence towards politics. The premise is that due to falling election turnouts, the government decides to re-hold the election as a Pop Idol style TV show with various celebrities putting the case for each party. So you have Shilpa Shetty for the Conservatives, Sharon Osborne for Labour, Matt Lucas for the Liberals and Michael Moore as the compare.
From the off, the show contains a stream of song and dance numbers that parody the celebrities and the parties they represent. It is all dry ice, high kicks and jazz hands to a thumping eurovision style beat. As you would expect, it is more about the songs than the politics and Shilpa and Sharon (or should that be Shirley Bassey) come across best. The audience does however get to text their vote in at the end with the most popular winning the show.
It is at the Brighthelm Centre in the North Lanes, Brighton until the 23rd May.
