A struggle to believe in this Ghost story

I STARTED cringing the moment I took my seat to watch this show, based on the movie starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore.

- KIRSTY BOSLEY

Being a big fan of the flick, I had to see the musical version. But it takes special songwriting to keep dramatic moments like losing the love of your life in a New York alleyway dramatic.

The screen that obscures the stage had lyrics to Unchained Melody on it and that, by itself, made me cringe a bit - they were going to lean heavily on The Righteous Brothers, I could tell.

There's some chemistry between our two lead characters, Molly (played by Rebekah Lowings) and Sam (Josh St Clair), though not the same kind of heat that makes the movie so compelling. I struggled to get invested, even when they ripped each other's clothes off after *that clay scene.