Clearly, The Stars Musical Company have again produced a top class production – Rent, The Musical.

I’m not a big fan of musicals, however having attended their recent performance at the Gwyn Hall, Neath, I had the chance to sample the talent that the cast of this local musical company had to offer.

For such a small theatre company to take on an award winning West End production was a big risk and could have ended in tears. But this was not the case, as the audience was fully engaged from the off.

We witnessed some great acting and singing and all this from local home grown talent.

What a great joy it was to see these performers working together and bringing the magic of theatre alive in their own very unique way.

A tremendous amount of effort and hard work must have gone into rehearsals to pull off such a professional and polished performance.

In addition to this, the age of the audience ranged between 16 and 80, which to me is another truly rare achievement. Well done guys!