The Next Step Wild Rhythm Tour - Concert Hall

This was a night for screamers, as the Concert Hall’s perfect acoustics aimed the product of the audience’s excitement directly towards the stage for our dance heroes to hear exactly what we thought of them.

The excitement was reaching fever pitch as Next Step dancers Trevor Tordjman, Victoria Baldesarra, Jordan Clark, Lamar Johnson, Myles Erlick, Briar Nolet, Isaac Lupien and Isaiah Peck finally hit the Nottingham stage after months of excruciating anticipation.

The Canadian cast of the CBBC show seemed to be in character as they took us through some amazing routines which took in contemporary, tap, hip-hop and ballet, along with their trademark gymnastics and tumbling.

There was a dance-a-long with the crowd, where we all learned some slick moves, a Q&A when Jordan came out into the audience to get questions for the rest of the cast to answer. And another highlight was the tap-off between Trevor and Isaac… which last night Isaac won hands-down.

Cast members from the spin-off series Lost & Found, Shane Harte and Sarah Carmosino performed a solo each, supported on stage by the dancers, and then treated us to an emotional contemporary duet.

If you didn’t already know, The Next Step is a hit Canadian teen “reality” TV show that follows the lives of a group of young dancers. Acting their parts on TV, they are also one-to-one on camera talking about their roles and the ongoing story as if it were a real-life documentary. They’re incredibly popular and this sell-out show was testament to that.

Most of the cast preformed a solo, and we saw a video biography of their life and work (real life this time rather than their TV characters) to get a real insight into their lives and families.

There was a massive age range in the audience, from five up to teens – as well as their parents – mainly girls with a few boys scattered among them.

With lots of souvenirs on sale, as well as an invitation to film and take photos all evening, we all came away with previous memories of a great worldwide tour that continues around the UK, then on to Australia to thrill their fans down-under.