T. Zee looks so thin and mean that one goes back to one's enjoyment of Rocky Horror, fearful of the temptation to rewrite history and say it wasn't so…. Richard O'Brien has done exactly the same silly trick that old-fashioned pop stars used to do; he's tried to pull off the mix as before. So Frank-n-furter, Brad and Janet, Rocky, Eddie and the AC/DC strain from the first show have become Bone Idol, Eugene and Alison, T. Zee, Dr Death and a touch of S'n'M in the second. Except, of course, that the second lot both lack the element of surprise and are pale shadows of their precursors….

It may be that Rocky Horror itself had no substance but it seemed to crystallise a moment…. T. Zee, however, is prey to false starts and dead ends—or, at least, it allows false starts and dead ends to...