The title of this musical says it all. At first I was a bit worried when I rang up yesterday for tonight’s show and was offered front row seats. I wasn’t keen to be sweated on so we went for the seats four rows back. These turned out to be excellent seats as we were very close to the action without being too close. As it was the audience was small enough at Trafalgar studios that even those with tickets further back were brought up to row K at the very least.

Having said that the small audience was no indication of how good a musical this was. The story is set in the Afro American community of Harlem in the 1950’s. Whilst the main story revolves around Jesse Semple and his lady troubles there are a number of smaller supporting stories to be told as well. The plot isn’t thrilling or challenging but the music and singing more than make up for it. The musical is absolutely charming and heart-warming and mid-way through the first song I had a sudden urge to pick up my saxophone again and belt out some blues.

Simply Heavenly is definitely a dynamite of a show just waiting to break out.