Sugar Pie Honey Bunch

Soul Satisfaction are bringing their Motown tribute, Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, to Babbacombe Theatre on Saturday 31 October. It's a concept-style show rather than a concert by the original artists, and it's built around the Four Tops and the wider Motown songbook.

Soul Satisfaction are a vocal group from Atlanta, Georgia, and they've built this around the hits of the Four Tops, with the set leaning on the songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland. Eddie Holland, who wrote all the Four Tops' greatest hits, once called them one of the most professional and tightest vocal groups he'd seen. Alongside the Four Tops' biggest numbers, the show covers The Temptations, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Marvin Gaye and Ben E. King. It's a tribute, not an official production, so it's not affiliated with or endorsed by the original artists.

On stage, they do it as a full performance: live concert staging, powerful vocals, harmonies and high-stepping dance routines, all aimed at taking you back to the golden era of soul. The Four Tops' hits take centre stage, but the set reaches across the Motown era to pull in those other big names, so it's a broad run through the sound of the label rather than just one group.

Babbacombe Theatre itself has been part of the English Riviera for over eighty years, and it's been known for family variety shows since Matpro Limited took over in 1986. The show starts at 7:30 pm. Tickets are £27.50 at the box office, £29.50 by telephone, and £30.50 online, with transaction fees of £2 by phone and £3 online — none if you buy on site.