
There is a deep connection between words and music. Both need a sense of rhythm to be truly effective. They can serve to convey meaning or be completely devoid of it.

In The Eruptive Mode, like the uprisings in the Middle East, is a work in progress. A production of raw urgency.

The story contains elements that were inspired by numerous Shakespearian plot lines – it's energetic, snotty and full of fantastical characters and fun for all ages.


The tales of virginity loss range from the romantic to the horrifying, from the funny to the tender.

The show is genuinely laugh out loud funny in parts. The humour is quirky and the execution of Woodley and Yates is wonderful.

For those of us with these timeless songs rattling around in our heads, it is like returning home for succour: for those who have not lived through the first incarnation of South Pacific, do not miss it this time around.