THE fact that the Singers recently returned home from a Music Festival in Exeter having won no less than ten cups probably tells you all you need to know about their standard, and makes my review almost irrelevant. However, I have to write 200 words, so… It seems they can turn their hand – or should that be voices? – to anything, so we were treated to opera, show tunes, classical, secular, jazz, pop and comic songs, all accomplished with ease, style and quality.

With musical director extraordinaire Jean Chambers having sourced some most unusual songs and arrangements, plus the superb piano accompaniment of the talented and highly expressive Mary Potter and what must be one of the best-dressed choral groups around, the Singers score highly before they even open their mouths, and when they do the sound is exactly what one would expect.

There were so many highlights: Georgia On My Mind, Nimrod, Pig Epistle, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Vocalise and Zadok The Priest. And Mary Potter’s composition, Thursday Nights, a song about rehearsal evenings, was a comic joy.

The performance will be repeated at the Layard Theatre next Saturday evening – I’ll be first in the queue.