Disco Inferno at Stewards Academy was a joyous celebration of seventies music that sounded as fresh today as it did all those years ago.

The plot is centred on Jack (Hayden Lawless) selling this soul to the devil via Lady Marmalade (Ivana Miksovic) for success.

This was a real ensemble piece, both on and off stage, where every member worked so hard to make this show a success.

One has to remember that this isn’t the only thing going on in the lives of pupils and staff. Whether it is their exams, extra curricular commitments or just that life stuff, they all put so much heart and soul into this production.

There are many standout moments but overall, it is the quality of the choreography. At times there are over thirty members on stage. It takes great skill to have them synchronised and styled perfectly. Well done to choreographers and dancers alike.

Yes, Disco Inferno has hit after hit but that is quite a challenge for young people to match the classics.

All the main actors are really exposed out there. And they were outstanding.

What the cast also do is really make their characters their own. Whether it is Hayden as Jack or Jane as Grace. They all really go underneath the personalities.

There were also serious issues on display here. Lara was excellent as Kathy.

We must also pay tribute to Sam Nottingham as Tom. He is a little comedy master and has a way of delivering killer lines.

It is strange to think of some Year 11 pupils as veterans but that is what you think when you see Duke (Richard Seabridge) and Heathcliffe (Lena Cichonczyk).

But we return to the music and how well they delivered such classics as “Celebrate”, “Street Life” and “I Will Survive” but there was also seventies classics such as Crocodile Rock, “I Will Survive” and Pop Musik.

Again, Grace’s rendition of You To Me Are Everything was outstanding.

A special mention to costumes (Di Patch), who did a remarkable job. Never had their been so much velvet and flares at Stewards since…1976!

The whole performance smelt of the seventies and the students gave their all.

Again, it was great to see a live band play. They just added to the authenticity.

Oh, and this reviewer has just joked at the Einstein joke again.

In conclusion, thanks to director Abbie Martin and her team for bring us all back to a golden age of music and to velvet trousers, platforms and Ford Capris.

But well done again as so many young people got a chance to perform on stage and learn so much as part of a great production.