After a fine debut show last year expectations were high for this show but eight songs in it seemed nothing less than 10,000-volt electric shock would put any life into it.

One bright spot was the winning smile of Leah Evans Abraham, a young lady with bags of talent and the gifts of great timing and liquid movement, who alone seemed to be at ease on the stage.

After they had sung Queen's punchy Radio Ga Ga stiff as statues, all was clearly under pressure.

That, ironically, was the title of their next number, which contains the line "Can't we give ourselves one more chance?".

They took it and the spark plug crackled.

It was followed by a truly delightful duet between Kerry Wright and Jo Cawkwell of I Know Him So Well from the musical Chess - without doubt the highlight of the show - and then Electricity, a cracking solo from David Bauer, who showed he has more than a passable voice and will be a good performer when he learns the stagecraft to go with it.

With the exception of a slightly limp ending to the first half, the pace picked up by leaps and bounds.

The second half was twice as good as the first, although not without its hiccups.

The cast all seemed much happier with the rollicking choral numbers from the likes of Calamity Jane and Oklahoma, but fell down with others, which were too testing for the inexperienced performers.

But, by golly, you had to admire their courage to attempt them.

The cast will, perhaps, learn much from this show to take into future productions and it was good to see the experimentation with lighting effects.

One real plus point was the two-man combo that provided just the right level of accompaniment.

There was a further performance on Saturday. The group were raising money for the Journal ABC Appeal.