Midnight Tango, Aldwych Theatre, review It was Oscars night-lite for the premiere of Midnight Tango, starring Strictly Come Dancing's Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone. Film crews and photographers were in excitable search of Strictlerati - James Jordan, Mark Ramprakash, Lulu, and the co-producer of this show, Arlene Phillips - while bouncer types manned the doors and waited to genuflect before Louie Spence. Never attend this kind of premiere and hope to be anything other than invisible, especially not if you arrive at the same time as Russell Grant ("I'm here for Flav!"). Ask not for whom the flashbulbs pop, they pop not for thee. It is Strictly, of course, that generates this furore. Without Strictly, the 17-year partnership of "Vincent and Flavia" might have continued tangoing away in noble semi-obscurity, rather than doing so on a West End stage, with a stylish carpaccio-coloured set (by Morgan Large), a superb six-piece band, a singer (Miguel Angel) and an additional cast of 12. The irony, however, is that Midnight Tango proves Cacace and Simone to be far superior to the television programme that has made their name. Whereas the "Anton and Erin" partnership translated, on stage, into a pleasantly mediocre show conceived in exactly the same spirit as Strictly, this pairing is something different altogether. Both Cacace and Simone radiate charisma, confidence, and above all an irresistible joy in dance. Cacace, the cool girl of Strictly, with her short glossy bob and racehorse legs, is all attack and tension; she finds extraordinary angles with the twists of her body, and her footwork is like quicksilver. Meanwhile Simone, a wonderfully relaxed dancer, is a selfless partner dedicated to showing off his girl's fabulous high jinks. In the second half the couple perform a stunning rumba like a lovers" tug of war, and a climactic tango like the most passionate argument ever conducted: for these moments alone, Midnight Tango comes highly recommended. It is nobody's fault, least of all the exemplary performers, that there is only so much that can be done with a show of this kind. It effectively recreates the easy, sensual atmosphere of an Argentinian bar, and devises a comedy partnership between the bartender (Teddy Kempner) and his wife (Tricia Deighton), which is perhaps more crowd-pleasing then aesthetically satisfying. But in the end it is simply tango, tango, tango. Not that this matters, when Cacace and Simone are on stage to lift it into the realms of dance artistry. UK tour starts Apr 10