"Legally Blonde" by Good Companions Theatre.

Derby Theatre.

O Mi God U Guys, are you going to love this production! I know I, and the packed derby Theatre audience certainly did on Thursday night.

"Legally Blonde", if you've not seen the musical, or the film before, is the story of Elle Woods who is completely smitten with Warner Huntington III when he tells her that she is dumped as he is off to Harvard to study law, and feels that he needs someone more "serious". Elle decides to show him that she is serious by enrolling in Harvard to win him back, unbeknown to her, he has already found his someone serious in Vivienne.

Elle discovers that she has a flair for this legal thing by using unconventional methods and manages to win the day by winning the murder case and freeing the accused, the fitness queen Brooke Wyndham.

In the interim she finds herself a new love, an unlikely ally and an enemy in Professor Callaghan when she turns the tables on him and shows what a slimeball he really is.

As a group, this cast are faultless, so I won't go into just how fabulous they are individually; they do however all deserve a credit.

Elle is played by the gorgeous Helen Perry, who looked like a walking, talking, acting, singing Barbie doll. Completely pitch perfect, looked incredible and danced like her life depended on it. Helen has some fairly quick costume changes which she carries out effortlessly. I've seen many professional and local productions of "Legally Blonde", and have seen many Elle Woods, but I think Helen has to be my new favourite Elle.

Elle's best friends and Delta Nu Nu Sisters are Margot, Serena and Pilar, played energetically by Lindsey Greasley, Jennifer Alton and Ru Kniveton respectively.

Kate, who is one of the featured Delta Nu Sisters, is played by Cat Howourth.

Gaelan is played by Cass Barrett and Leilani is played by Reema Rose.

Elle's parents, Mr and Mrs Woods are played by Chris England and Claire Jarman, who at one stage arrive on stage in a golfing buggy.

Warner is played by Martin Counter, and this version of Warner Huntington III was not as arrogant or slimy as some that I've seen in the past, and that is quite fresh. Yes, the character is arrogant and shallow, but Martin built on that but retained the human side  as well.

Vivienne, Warner's "serious" girlfriend who eventually sees the shallow side of Warner, is played by Callie Egan, who I last saw as a Roman Ancestor in GCMT's "The Addams Family". Nice to see Callie in a main role because we get to hear her singing more than in the previous show. Vivienne comes from a very conservative East Coast background and is everything that Warner needs to make a serious move to become a lawyer.

Lucy Slaney plays Whitney who is Vivienne's law school friend and partner in mischief when it comes to bringing down Elle.

Emmett Forrest, who Elle fell in love with while at Harvard, is played by Rob Chilton. Every actor who plays any character will bring something different to a role, and Rob does that as well by presenting a more shy Emmett who comes out of his shell more when around people like Elle. A well timed department store changing scene went completely to plan.

Paulette, the hairdresser with a penchant for the Irish, is played by Kate Trail. Paulette Buonafonte has always been one of my favourite characters in "Legally Blonde" because in a world of pushy characters, Paulette is hard working and always willing to help anyone, as proven in the scene where she is helping Elle with her studies. Kate is a lovely singer and love the song she performs "Ireland", and the choreography that goes along with that scene.

Kyle, the hunky UPS man is played with great twinkly-eyed confidence by Charlie Torry. It's very safe to say that Kyle was not just a hit with Paulette as the audience were more than eager to show their appreciation of Kyle,  his large package, as well as Charlie the actor. A nice, cheeky role with swagger.

Dewey is Paulette's brash ex-husband who lives in a trailer and holds her dog captive. Although Dewey doesn't have a lot of stage time, it is a great cameo role for Ross Trail.

The slimy Professor Callaghan is played by Phil Stanley. I have always been a big fan of Phil's voice, which in "Blonde" has a jazzy edge to it, as shown in the song "Blood In The Water". It's quite nice to see Phil play a slightly different character; a character who extracted "boos" from the enthusiastic Thursday night crowd at his final bows.

Enid Hoopes is an Harvard intern who is on the case in Callaghan's team, is played by Heidi Hand. The make up and costume completely transforms Heidi into Enid. A few nice comic sections for Heidi to show her strong comedy acting.

Cameron Trail plays Aaron Schultz and Stephen Mura plays Sergei Padamadan who, along with Enid are featured law students with academic credits that would intimidate anyone.

Grandmaster Chad is a fun cameo role for Jake Perry.

Brooke Wyndham, the fitness queen who is on trial for murder of her sugar daddy husband, is played brilliantly by Georgina Bateman.

Chutney - who would name their child Chutney? - Wyndham is played by Eleanor Mallinson. Chutney Wyndham has a really bad perm and an even worse attitude. Eleanor delivers the best accent in this show.

 Winthrop, Lowell and Pforzheimer are three admissions officers of Harvard Law School who eventually admit Elle into the program after some critical evaluation. In the past these roles have been played by male actors, so it's nice to see these roles changed up a bit and played as female officers by Ellie Mallinson, Lisa Scott-Savage and Debs McPherson.

The Judge, who presides over the court proceedings, is also played by Debs McPherson.

Gary Rowley is the Court Stenographer and DA Joyce Riley is played by Louise Simcox.

Nikos, the man in the dock who works for Brooke as a pool man, is played by Tom Banks. A minor comic role where we have to decide if he is gay or European. The truth is out, quite literally when his best friend, or is that boyfriend Carlos, interrupts the court proceedings with a little outburst; a scene they both manage to steal.

Addison is played by Rachel Wallace, Avery is played by Roxhanna Tucker, Quinn is played by Emma Chadwick, Harper played by Olivia Thompson, Jet Blue Pilot is played by Scott Mill.

The ensemble consists of Brian Counter, Ali Watkins, Emma Chadwick, Ollie Hand, Olivia Thompson, Charlotte Hanser, Josh Greengrass and Rachel Wallace.

We must not forget the two canine lovelies here. So well behaved they are and they seem to have enjoyed their thespian roles as their tales never ceased to stop wagging. Neville Parkin played Rufus and Blossom Grey played Bruiser stole the hearts of everyone. Trained by Cat Howourth.

Directed by Helen Oldham and Phil Simcox. This is a massive show with a massive cast and Helen and Phil have made this a massive success.

Musical Director for the show is Richard Hodges. There are some incredible vocal performances in this show which have been teased out of these incredible vocalists by Richard.

Choreographed by Jackie O'Brien, and yet another massive undertaking for one person. The skipping scene, "Whipped Into Shape" is performed by both male and female actors, and has been perfectly timed to the song without any mishaps with the skipping ropes. There are some excellent cheerleader dance moves among all of the brilliantly choreographed pieces for songs like "Bend And Snap", "What you Want", "Ireland" and "Gay Or European".

The set is by Scenic Projects and reminded me of a cartoon page with its' off kilter and slanted scenery, only added to the comic style element. The four big letters that were lit up that were lowered into the set spelling Elle's name really created a stylish section to the show.

The costumes are thanks to Clara freestone and Carole Pratley. I lost count of the costume changes for Elle, every one as glamorous as the previous one.  So many costumes for so many people.

Sound design is by Phil Simcox and Simon Birchall and operated by Phil Simcox. There were a few missed mic cues and I would have liked to have had the volume up just another notch, but I appreciate that this area of production, with a cast this vast is a massive job. I've said in the past that a Sound Operator has to be part octopus to get all the faders in the right place at the right time.

Lighting design by Jamie Vella who delivers an exciting and vibrant programme of illumination.

With such a big cast, another area that deserves mentioning is stage management by Steve Cole and Helen Blakeman.

There's also a BSL interpretation from Seb Probert on the Saturday night performance.

Well, I hope that I have mentioned everyone who brought this gorgeously fluffy musical to life on stage, and if I haven't, please forgive me. Only one name that I couldn't trace in the programme was that of Carlos unfortunately.

Oh My God how I love this musical which is crammed full of catchy tunes, great characters, a fun script, that may not be quite PC - but who cares? It's bright, breezy, bouncy, camp and pink! What more could you ask for?

"Legally Blonde - the Musical" is at Derby Theatre until Saturday 18 May. Seeing this musical will definitely leave you feeling in the pink!