Review There's so much to rave about in this marvellously starry Much Ado

Sometimes star casting absolutely works. Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell create a potent, antagonistic sense of attraction between Shakespeare's warring lov-ers, Benedick and Beatrice, in this joyful, rave-influenced production by Jamie Lloyd.

- NICK CURTIS

There's lots of ecstatic dancing and singalongs to 1990s club classics, but also a very clear expres-sion of how a fripperous romantic comedy almost tips into tragedy.

It's a triumphant return to form for Lloyd that redeems the two-play Shakespeare season he cheekily sand-wiched into Drury Lane between two musicals, following his inert Tempest with Sigourney Weaver.

For days social media has been flooded with images of the cast in Studio 54 gear, having it large to David Guetta in a waterfall of pink confetti at the curtain call. It's still a striking image when the curtain rises on this huge, empty stage covered in blushing drifts. The set consists of school chairs, later augmented by a table and a giant, rose-coloured, inflatable heart.