REVIEW: Step Back in Time at Lighthouse Poole

Singers, dancers and actors from Poole’s Steppin’ Out Academy of performance gave a show to remember as the audience was captivated across the decades.

This West End-standard production featured popular numbers throughout different time periods as a group of young people travelled through a time machine.

Theodore, played by 16-year-old Alfie Fitzpatrick, transported a scientist, a barista and a pickpocket through time via dance and magical pocket watches.

Lottie Serle age 18 as Erica, Jess Van Hoof age 18 as Iza and Mia Roadnight age 14 as Maggie, were tasked with a mission by elderly Theodore to save the world through time travel.

The quest began in the 1950s as talented Jamie Mitchell-Wiggens performed the iconic Blue Suede Shoes, with Tyler Vandevelde joining the performance alongside superb dancers.

The audience was then wowed with renowned music from the 1920s, 90s, 60s and 70s.

Ballet dancers performed beside Lola White’s show-stopping take on Cilla Black’s Anyone Who Had a Heart.

Not to forget the adorable take on Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea, performed by some of Steppin’ Out Academy’s youngest stars.

The whole show was nothing short of professional from start to finish, with more experienced entertainers supporting the little ones through their stage numbers.

I was both admired and awed at the sheer skill of each young individual, after not only an amazing show but faultless performances of 37 different dance numbers and songs.

Step Back in Time also featured Britain’s Got Talent 2023 semi-finalists, Miles and Austin Redwood from BoyCanto.

Anyone who missed the one-day showcase certainly missed out, and I can only hope that I have the joy to watch these rising stars in future shows.