Strictly Come Dancing eat your heart out, Burn the Floor takes ballroom dancing into a new, exciting and sexy era. It quite literally kicks -off with a hot, sexy cha cha and stays at the high octane level throughout the show.

Even the elegant Viennese waltz and the lively foxtrot is injected with passion and lust. And when the, often scantily dressed, dancers perform the tango, quickstep, samba, rumba, and jive the tempo goes sky high.

Just 19 dancers strut their stuff on the stage with their bodies gyrating into the most amazing shapes, twists and turns, there is never a dull moment as the routines seamlessly go from one to another.

The music is fast and the costume changes are just as quick. The female dancers go from barefoot to high heels and from one glittery sexy outfit to another, and the male dancers switch from bare-chested to gangster-style suits and bullfighting boleros.

Singers Rebecca Tapia and Ricky Rojas have huge voices and belt out some great numbers.

Fans of Ali Bastian and Brian Fortuna, contestants from Strictly Come Dancing, who are billed as ‘special guest stars’, may be a little disappointed that they do not feature more in the show, but the sheer enthusiasm and vitality of all the dancers just keeps the show moving. I was amazed at the dancers’ stamina as they moved to numbers including Let’s Face the Music and Dance, Sway, It Don’t Mean A Thing, The Dirty Boogie, Tanguera and ending on a huge high with Turn the Beat Around. Praise must go to Jason Gilkison for devising the choreography.

Burn the Floor is a great night out, and girls – even if you have to initially drag your man along to the show, by the end of it he will be dancing in the aisles.

Shaftesbury Theatre, London

Lindi Bilgorri