Totally Tina

Totally Tina comes to the Theatre Royal on Sunday 8 November, a tribute show that recreates the spectacle and energy of Tina Turner's live concerts. It's led by Justine Riddoch, who's billed as 'the UK's supreme Tina' and has been a regular National Tribute Awards winner since 2013. She doesn't do it alone, either — she's joined on stage by a live band and dancers, with hand-made replica costumes and dance routines.

The show takes you through the different stages of Turner's career, from her early days with Ike through to her solo comeback in the 1980s, and features her iconic solo hits along the way. It's a full-stage production rather than a simple set of songs, with the band and dancers working around her to build the same kind of energy she was known for on her own tours. The costumes are made to match the originals, and the dance routines are recreated as well, so it's as much about the look and the movement as it is about the music.

Riddoch has been picking up National Tribute Awards since 2013, so she's spent years working on this particular act. The show is built around her as the lead, with the live band and dancers filling out the sound and the stage, and the setlist tracing Turner's path from the Ike and Tina era into the solo hits that defined her later career. It's a full evening's worth of material, with the costumes and choreography playing as much of a part as the singing.

It starts at 7:30pm on Sunday 8 November at the Theatre Royal, and tickets are £25.00.