RODGERS and Hart published 150 songs and Farnworth performed more than 30 of them in this revue presented on Saturday evening and last night.

If your particular favourite was not among them, you were unlucky.

Blue Moon was sung as were Ten Cents A Dance, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, The Lady is A Tramp, Lover When You Leave Me and, of course, Sing for Your Supper.

Director Craig Harris kept the solo and ensemble numbers simply staged. There were some linking words but mainly he allowed the songs to speak for themselves.

Irving Berlin called Rodgers and Hart's music: "Tuneful and tasty, schmaltzy and smart" and Farnworth gave evidence of that in their choice of songs and presentation.

Musical direction was by Peter England with the Manchester Musicals Group Quintet. They were on stage for the whole of the revue and greatly added to its success.

The evening was divided into romantic songs before the interval and more satirical numbers after.

This device worked well and the songs came along at a cracking pace.

Unusually for Farnworth, there was little choreography which again emphasised the importance of Hart's lyrics.

The difficulty for Craig Harris must have been what numbers to leave out with so many to choose from.

But he managed a well-balanced programme which accommodated the fact that the women singers far outnumbered the men.

In glitzy costumes the women brought glamour to the revue and the opening set piece deservedly received its own round of applause. Doreen Crowther