This is the third musical compilation show featured at the Royal this month and is undoubtedly a case of the best being served up last.

Once again it features the music of the Sixties - this time the sounds of Tamla Motown are recreated and their legendary performers are brought to life.

Motown was the name given to the black soul music which came out of a small recording studio in Detroit.

What a nursery it proved to be, turning out a steam of chart-topping artists, all of who went on to have long and successful careers.

The evening starts off low key when a stage hand, rejoicing in the wonderful name of Latif Lovejoy, wanders on to sweep the stage.

He then transforms himself into the evening's master of ceremonies to provide the informative and droll commentary about the artists.

In addition, he proves to be no mean singer himself.

The evening soon lifts off when he is joined by a small, but extremely versatile and talented team of singers who became the backing groups and the stars themselves.

Each performer gets to shine as a featured name. Groups such as The Four Tops and The Temptations materialise, along with Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder.

The show is slick and is presented with style and simplicity.

It concentrates on singing complemented by the unique form of choreography which the original performers used - just synchronised hand and leg movements around their microphone stands.

The use of a live on-stage band adds to the success of the evening, with artist and musician feeding off each other.

It is the artist portraying Marvin Gaye who seems to be causing the most excitement among the female members of the audience and, in particular, the lady sitting next to me. It takes a long time to calm her down when we get home.

The evening climaxes with the audience being invited to get up and dance for the finale, an invitation readily accepted.

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