Chess in Concert was on in Horsham yesterday.
Although it is a concert rather than a musical it presents the plot in a non-realistic way and has some great performances in it.
The plot is based on the goings on in the chess world in the 1960s and early 1970s. At the height of the cold war, chess became a non-violent battlefield mined with dirty tricks and brinkmanship.
Josh Groban plays the lead role of Anatoly Sergievsky - who defects to the West but is persuaded to return to the USSR to get the father of his girlfriend (Idina Menzel (Florence Vassy)) and there is a plot twist which will take you by surprise.
Adam Pascal is so good as the obnoxious American Frederick Trumper it makes you wonder what he is like in real life!
David Bedella (Anatoly Molokov) plays a sinister Stalinist to perfection
The music (Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson) and lyrics (Tim Rice) are excellent.
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