Alfie Boe

Last night Michael Ball and Alfie Boe came to the Motorpoint Arena and delivered a show that saw them as comfortable together on stage as a well worn pair of shoes.

Kate Goerner reviews a show with big voices, big personalities, big band, big bromance

As the audience rush to take their seats and the lights slowly dim at London’s O2 Arena, two impenetrable figures take the centre stage to perform “As if We Never Said Goodbye”, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard. Michael Ball and Alfie Boe are well versed in musical theatre. Ball began his career

Michael Ball and Alfie Boe performing their Together Tour at The Royal Concert Hall Nottingham on Sunday 20th November 2016

But it felt like he might have overstretched himself with his performance in the cavernous surroundings of the Phones4U Arena.

The crowd barely stirs through Emilia Mitiku’s catchy opening act but when the lights dim spotlights scan the crowd and smoke fills the stage fans finally show signs of life as Boe opens with It’s Over.

'He looked like a heavy in a Shane Meadows movie' - Alfie Boe in Nottingham