GET your glad rags on, put on your dancing shoes and get yourself down to a sumptuous production of High Society in the slinky settings of the Palace Theatre, Manchester.

Based on the original film starring Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart and, latterly, Bing Crobsy, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra, this lavish stage version featuring a catalogue of Cole Porter's greatest songs centres on the society wedding of the year.

But, drunk on champagne, busy baffling the uninvited press and battling it out with her ex-husband, who will the bride choose to tie the knot with?

This show-stopper stars the irrepressible Wayne Sleep in the comic role of Uncle Willie, the wealthy if a little eccentric relative who loves a glass of champers or three and who's fraternising ways with the chambermaids is the stuff of legends in the Lord house.

Sleep is excellent, if a little camp, as the loveable lothario, but it's Sophie Louise Dann in the role of photographer Liz who steals the show. Whether she's busy trying to escape the unwanted attentions of Uncle Willie, taking a step back from the shenanigans between the well-to-do set, or hiding her true feelings for her colleague, she's by the far the best thing about the show.

Thumping numbers from Paul Robinson, a very Sinatra-like Mike Connor, with You're Sensational and Mike Sterling, a suitably suited Dexter with a superb performance of True Love prior to the interval, all add to the heady mix of cocktails, dancing and excitement.

If you've got a spare party frock and an empty glass, this sure is a swell party to go to.