It’s not often, whether it is Fringe World or otherwise, you have the chance to see a six star out of five performance. However, with “The Roaring 20s featuring Adam Hall and the VPs and Vintage Dancers”, that’s exactly what you get.

Be warned - the title is a slight misnomer. Hall’s own admission at the beginning of the 60 minute set is that there weren’t many good songs from the twenties. So he endeavours to “corrupt” the entire show- and he and his slick, world-class band deliver in spades.

The band opens with the classic charleston where the agile and high energy “vintage dancers” get into the swing of things. These two rock the centre stage of the dance floor and set the energy levels for the rest of the show.

Then Hall’s smooth and comic rapport with the sold-out crowd takes them to the aforementioned corruption section.

John Williams’ Star Wars bar song from the movie, Cantina, is blasted out with enough energy to power all of Perth. This hilarious piece, paradoxically, is where the audience sees the true genius of the entire ensemble. This is a fast upbeat piece of music and the boys do not miss a note.

Hall is one of the best trumpeters around, and like Louis Armstrong,  he can sing too. More in the vein of Vince Jones his voice is sultry, at times powerful but most importantly it’s entertaining. He captures that twenties feel because you can tell this musician has been around long enough to understand nuance- pure joy.

The harmonies in the next song from the trombonist and saxophonist showcase the multi skilled talent of this entire band; the song “I’m just a gigolo”!

Speaking of talent the pianist, double bass and drummer are no slouches either. They all get a solo and the audience are enraptured.

Leading into the finale is something to behold with Beyoncé’s Crazy In Love corrupted to become a jazz standard. Comic relief is injected into the words by Hall- just hilarious.

Finally, George Michael’s Careless Whisper is turned into a song that even Wham stalwarts would agree is better than the original- truly remarkable arrangement- which somehow transports the audience from the 80s to the 20s.

It is this magic that makes Hall and his ensemble world class. Not only are they extremely talented musicians, they are even better entertainers. This is a must see event at this year’s Fringe World.