Feel good shows are always welcome in these austere times.

This latest part of the ever-popular Dreamboats and Petticoats franchise takes our loving couples from the formative 50s into the swinging 60s.

Wirral Globe:

Elizabeth Carter as Laura and Alex Beaumont as Bobby  Pictures: Darren Bell

Bobby and Laura are now looking for more stardom in the romantic yet raucous growth of rock and roll. A time when the TV show Ready Steady Go was an inspiration.

It's all here in two-and-a-half hours: the fashion, fun and atmosphere recreated with care, attention and unabashed affection.

It was an innocent period before X-Factor and The Voice sanitised the search for fresh talent decades on.

This current touring production has the usual collection of pop (nearly 40) standards all delivered in various formats from power ballads, close harmony numbers to wonderful a capella interpretations.

A highlight is a simple harmonica-backed Strangers on the Shore.

I wish it had been a longer version as I drifted back to my own childhood listening to this Acker Bilk classic visiting New Brighton beach with my dad.

The theatrical book is by accomplished writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.

There are some nice one-liners and the plot is rightly bound to leave us with a happy ending.

Rock and roll dreams do come true.

We meet The Conquests and hear their drive to be number one.

Some characters are clearly based on real figures such as Brian Epstein and our late great Cilla.

An effective 60s stage set featuring St Mungo's Club and a typical hairdressing salon add to the fun.

Costumes are first class and the choreography is spot on.

The audience knows every song and the on stage band, especially two female saxophonists, bring an extra punch to the rockier numbers.

So let's remind you of the jukebox classics on show here: House of the Rising Sun; It's In His Kiss; Oh Pretty woman; A Groovy Kind of Love; Twist and Shout and the title track.

And plenty more to toe-tap to.

Bill Kenwright is again directing and musical director Keith Strachan paces the music so well.

Bill's love affair with the 60s, like his love of Everton, will never die.

The Cavern makes a guest appearance and this is whooped up by the wide aged group audience especially as we approach International Beatle week.

The dialogue and plot development are always a backdrop to the real stars..the songs that will always remain the same.

With such a large cast it would be unfair to highlight any one member, suffice to say they are collectively and individually all stars.

Here's to the next one...Dreamboats and Flares?

Globe rating: Four stars. Feelgood fun.

Till August 29. 

For tickets call the Empire: 0844 8713017