"Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat" by The Mellow Dramatics.

The Brewhouse Arts Centre, Burton Upon Trent.

How many times have I seen this musical and why does it never get boring? I still love seeing this show which is a testament – if you’ll pardon the pun – to the wonderful writing of Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Sir Timothy Rice.

By now there surely must be no one who does not know the story and at least a few of the songs from this incredible soundtrack, so I do not need to outline the plot about Joseph, sold into slavery by his scheming and jealous brothers and his rise to fame.

The Narrator is played by Lucy Robinson, who has a lovely voice, telling the story and moving the story on in a nice pacy rate.

Joseph is played by Jonathan Moore, who actually looks like a cross between Jason Donovan and Donny Osmond, two other "Josephs" - take a look at the photo below! There's a big range in Jonathan's voice and when he unleashes his vocal powers in songs like "Close Every Door" you get tingles at just how controlled his vocals are.

Jacob, Joseph's Father, is played by Peter Smith. I really enjoyed the small comedy drop ins for Jacob, especially in the hoe down scenes of "One More Angel In Heaven". the whimpers of sadness Jacob emits are something I don't think that I have noticed in other productions, and they raised Jacob's status in the play to a minor comedy character. It really is the small additions that can make the biggest differences.

Andrew Warner plays Potiphar, and again visualised in a different way to other productions, almost typically British in sound and looks, especially in that gold smoking jacket.

Mrs Potiphar, the hussy who lusts after Joseph, causing him to be thrown into prison by her husband after she and Joseph are found in an uncompromising position, is played by Olivia Matlock. The character is played very sexily but also with nice comic overtones, and an eye catching costume!

Pharoah is played by Kieran Barrett. Not a big role in the musical but a big character who gets a big reception from Wednesday's very appreciative audience. As anyone knows who has seen the musical before, Pharoah is a pastiche of Elvis "The King" Presley, and "Pharoah's Dream" aka "Song Of the King" is a fun Presley influenced song that gives the actor chance to almost steal the show with plenty of hip thrusts and lip curling. Kieran looked to be loving every second of the audience adulation, and so he should as he did a great job.

Tom Patterson, who does a brilliant job on lead vocals on "One More Angel", bringing some lovely comedy to this particular scene plays one of Joseph's brothers.

Theo O Brien, who I have seen before in The Mellow Dramatics previous production of "Bonnie & Clyde", also shines as one of the other brothers. Why does Theo stand out to me? Because he has a face that is really expressive and shows all the emotions that his character is feeling. Especially in that brilliant song that I keep mentioning "One More Angel In Heaven".

Another actor I've seen before, and on several occasions, the most recent playing Herr Flick on Encore Productions "Allo Allo", Gabryl Olenshko, who plays another brother.

A new name to me, Faris Harlow-Makin, is another brother and does a really fun version of "Benjamin's Calypso", complete with a mini Carmen Miranda style headwear. This calypso always reminds me of "Island In the Sun" and has a wonderful, warm vibe.

The other brothers are played by Mike Wells, Jules Lowe - who also doubles up playing the Butler, Jess Moore - also doubles her roles playing the Baker, Tom Bailey, Paul Edwards, Sam King and Matt O Donnell make up the eleven brothers, and a great band of brothers they make.

The ensemble consist of Megan Asher, Laila Baines, Lucy Boyle, Ella Edwards, Emilia Edwards, Harley Gazzard, Jeff Hurd, Angela Kirk, Freya Kirk, Isabelle Lewington, Annabel Morris, Lily-Mae Norcup, Samantha Norcup, Emily Padmore-Flint, Annelise Revell, Izzy Revell, Jasmine Revell, Shauna Seagrove, Maria Smith, Francesca Stamp and Ivy Veasey.

The off stage choir consists of Jean Edwards, Suzanne Huthmacher, Edward Moore, Donna Nolan, Brian Robb and Helen Thrupp.

Directed by Chris Moss, who has added some wonderful things to this show, especially the glow in the dark section, singing Sphinx and the wonderful singing camel, none of these I can remember from other productions of this musical, and believe me, over the years I've seen many versions of this musical. Full of pace and comedy with a selection of novel touches. Chris is also responsible for the set design which was simple but effective for the requirements of the musical.

Choreographed by Abbi Burns and although I loved all of the choreography in this production, my highlights were, of course, "One More Angel In Heaven", the brilliantly comic "Those Caanan Days", and of course the finale of "Any Dream Will Do" where you get to see the full extent of that multicoloured coat.

Musical Director for this show is Tim Robinson. I will confess that I thought the backing music was a backing track, until I saw in the programme that there is a live band, such was the quality of the musical sound. You can see that Tim has invested a whole lot of work into getting the vocals in the production as good as they are as well. 

The soundtrack to this musical is one of the most recognised with classic pop songs like "Close Every Door", "Any Dream Will Do", my absolute favourite "Those Canaan Days", "One More Angel In Heaven", "Go Go Go Joseph", "Benjamin's Calypso" and more. My toes were tapping all night long.

The Lighting and Sound is by Matt Bancroft and Tom Berriman. The lighting is as vibrant and colourful as Joseph's coat and there are some nice lighting effects throughout the show, The sound suffered from a few issues; late mic cues, crackling mic packs and humming feedback, but not even these could dampen my appreciation for this production.

The costumes are by Jane Bagshaw, Janet Powis and Natasha Ingham and Joseph's Amazing Dreamcoat is thanks to Wendy Prestidge.

It's one of my favourite musicals and it's always great to see new actors take on the Joseph role, and this production is just as exciting to see as any that I have seen in the past. So go go go get your tickets before they all go go go.

"Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat" by The Mellow Dramatics is at the Brewhouse Arts Centre until Saturday 18 May.