WELL hand me a can of hairspray and call me Tracy.

Good people of Hampshire if I have one piece of advice at the end of this miserable week, do not wait for the sun to come out just get yourself down to the Mayflower for all the feel good you need. Hairspray, the musical is everything you could ask with big hits and big hair delivered at a pace.

Set in the 1960s with liberation very much in the air the show tells the story of Balitmore's big hearted Tracy Turnblad with a passion for dancing.

Despite her mother's misgivings she applies and wins a spot on the local TV dance programme, The Corny Collins Show and, overnight, is transformed from an ample nobody to irrepressible teen celebrity.

But it is from there that her tale really begins as beneath the top tapping glamour the story explores the unattractive underbelly that is the racism and segregation of the era.

Cleverly the plot explores the theme through the music and upbeat performances, never dwelling long enough to depress the audience but instead delivering touching and poignant moments that sum up the social turmoil of the time.

While the music is mixing the races, American society is struggling to keep up- which is where new girl Tracy comes in as she sets out to win the Miss Hairspray title but finds herself battling for much more than that.

Delivering a worthy message in such a fabulous up beat way, can only really be done well with a truly talented cast, which Hairspray The Musical can boast in spades. New comer Freya Sutton revels in the lead role, absolutely nailing an infatuated teenager who grows up quickly.

Lucy Benjamin shows off her comic timing with a Joan Rivers-esque performance as Velma Von Tussle.

Mark Benton was a delight in the role of Edna Turnblad who was touching and hilarious, often in the same breath.

The scene with 'her' on stage husband was side splitting. My stand out performance was given by Marcus Collins, who was best known for his X factor performance but from hence forth should be taken as a serious musical theatre performer.

He was truly brilliant and looked completely at home on the stage. The ensemble too showed fantastic strength in depth with not a foot or note wrong between them. Feel good does not do it justice, it simply just has to be seen. Do so before April 20.