The two cuddly toys perched side by side on a stool at the front of the stage don't really fit in with the mirror ball and after-hours pink lighting that sets the mood with the sort of contradictions which has defined Marc Almond's career, from the kitchen-sink sleaze of Soft Cell to torch singing drama queen and beyond.
Last year he performed at the Traverse Theatre in Ten Plagues, a darkly dissonant song cycle by playwright Mark Ravenhill and composer Conor Mitchell. For this current Pop Troubadour, Hits And More Tour, Almond has lightened up considerably to revisit a back catalogue that stretches out over more than 30 years.
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