Some people have no taste...

Richard O'Brien, creator of The Rocky Horror Show and (as Reckless Rick) one-time presenter of Channel 4's The Crystal Maze, plays another self-consciously wacky figure in his latest show, Disgracefully Yours. As Mephistopheles Smith, O'Brien appearsin tails, with little horns on his bald head, a tail and cleft hooves. Tall, thin and remarkably ageless (for 54) he welcomes us, with a vulpine grin, to the Cafe Inferno, plc. Here he has the hard task of convincing a sedate West End audience that they are at a party ("You give great hedonism," he flatters us, with one of his dafter puns). Somehow you feel that O' Brien has been to parties that are a lot better than this one. Disgracefully Yours is more a cabaret than a West End show: a rock gig, with campy gags centred on a tired theme. Even Chris Tarrant has a jingle about being the DJ from hell.