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| - This review is for their first preview performance. I am taking into account this was the first show before an audience. That being said, what i saw last night was an OK show with some promise. It's in the PH Showroom on the second floor of Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino.
The show begins with good use of the large LED screen installed for Peepshow years ago. There's a black and white video of Sydney, Australia with views of the Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House along with some skyline shots. The video continues until the day turns to night and the lights of the city are on. That's the beginning of Sydney After Dark. It's a nice video to introduce the ladies from Australia.
The show starts with lead vocalist and MC, Natalie Conway, singing an opening number and the nine girls coming out from archways on the stage that have hanging crystal lines.
From there, the show continues though a number of traditional topless show scenes. While not named, I have my descriptors for them--the naughty school girls, the cowgirls with whips, the nurses with the male patient (audience member), a classic showgirl kind of act, and some others. In between, there are two aerial acts, a woman performing with some silks and another act with a woman doing tease like moves riding in a hoop above the end of the runway center stage. The women are not topless all the time which is fine. Except for most of the singing, the music is recorded.
One of the things that needs looking after is transitioning scenes. The three school girls were almost in their seats when the spots were turned on and two stagehands with their headsets were still on stage from moving the desks into place. They hurried off the stage. The transitions need to be done in the dark like all theatre so the lights come up on the women, not stagehands. This same error happened a second time near the end of the show.
As for transitions, there were times that the people sitting around me and I were not sure an act had ended. When the dancer(s) started walking upstage and the lights dimmed, we then knew that this section was over but there were times when I wanted to say, "Huh?" One section that did nothing for me was the sole ballet dancer. It's not needed and It didn't add any tease or seductiveness to the show.
There was also a number where three ladies dance one behind the other to Indian sounding music and move their arms and legs like Hindu gods are depicted. My suggestion would be to move the ladies closer to each other to add to the idea of one being having multiple arms and legs.
TIP: Do NOT buy the most expensive seats in the floor section near the stage. When the theatre was redone to accommodate Peepshow, three walkways were built out from the main stage and many times the action is taking place behind the person sitting up close. There were some unaware that there was a woman in a hoop above and behind them until the lights got their attention. And there are times when those same people turned around to see not topless women but the rears of the topless women. Be aware of that when you buy.
There are a number of deals available for discount tickets--a Groupon and a code on the Sydney After Dark Facebook page. The show is OK. It can be better and it needs to get better if it's going to succeed. This theatre has chewed up and spit out a number of shows. This could be just one more.
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