THERE may be a dream ballet part-way through the show, but don’t be fooled – this is an absolutely outstanding production that no-one in their right mind would want to sleep through.

From the moment that the curtain rises on Aunt Eller (a lovely, feisty Nikki Taylor) in her rocking chair, and Curly (a well-nigh perfect John Earwood) arrives to court the playing hard-to-get Laurey (a strong-voiced Shelley Gould), the standard is set for what is to follow.

And when what follows includes Dale Waterworth’s superb Will Parker, Philip Redgrave’s brilliant portrayal of misfit Jud Fry, Ian Metcalfe’s excellent Ali Hakim and Sally Wheeler’s show-stealing Ado Annie, not to mention some extremely good chorus work, the result can only be another resounding success for this very talented company, thanks to the input of Martyn Knight (director/choreographer) and Ian Peters (musical director). Singing, dancing and characterisations are a complete joy, with every person on the stage clearly giving 100 per cent, and costumes, hairstyles and props are just right.

In fact, apart from the window that had a mind of its own and flatly refused to stay closed, I simply couldn’t fault a thing. Oklahoma – OK!