Trevor Ashley: I'm Every Woman, The Famous Spiegeltent Trevor Ashley as Tina Turner. From the moment he sashays into The Famous Spiegeltent, big and blonde and shimmering in gold lame, Trevor Ashley is in command. A whirling dervish of decadence whose one-man, er... woman, show more than lives up to its billing as a "drag diva degustation." In I'm Every Woman, Ashley uses 14 wigs and two dozen dresses to summon up the legendary divas he has always adored ... from Cher and Bette Midler to Bonnie Tyler and Tina Turner. They each have their moment in the spotlight, breaking into song and unleashing the hits that turned them into household names. The laughs come thick and blue as Turner totters, Midler gabbles and Tyler fronts a hard-working wind-machine. Cher? Ashley channels her through a John Farnham number. Freaky. I'm Every Woman - briskly directed by Dean Bryant and powered by a smokin' four-piece band - is not just a series of "tranny trade" caricatures. Ashley (who shot to wider fame in Hairspray The Musical) is a gifted actor and singer - if a tad nervous on opening night - and knows how to sculpt convincing characters. Just look at Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli. Not only has Ashley mastered their vocal chops, he nails their mannerisms, right down to the last fluttering finger. Then, daringly, he decides they should do a duet together with him playing mother AND daughter. Trevor Ashley as Shirley Bassey. Picture: Rebecca Michael We learn a bit about Ashley as well. How he slipped into his mothers' high heels as a kid. How he finds it hard to form lasting relationships. But just when campy mists are gathering, razzle dazzle returns in the shape of Dame Shirley Bassey. Ashley looks and sounds uncannily like the "girl from Tiger Bay" and swoops on every line of Diamonds Are Forever. As Long As She Needs Me is Bassey at her brassiest ... and almost brings the tent down. "Done her, done her," Ashley says towards the end of the show, pulling wigs out of a bag. But this generous entertainer has one more trick up his sequinned sleeve involving Les Mis and a humdrum Scottish singer. Say no more. Trevor Ashley - I'm Every Woman The Famous Spiegeltent, until Saturday (February 23) Rating: ★★★★ Trevor Ashley as Bette Midler. Trevor Ashley as Cher.