It's finally reached the greatest city in the world!

Hamilton, in which the Schuyler sisters make that famous reference to Manhattan, has begun its long-awaited six week season in Southampton. 

And, as the press arrived to pen their reviews last night, the excitement amongst a packed audience had reached fever pitch. 

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Well, they have waited a while to see it on home soil. 

It's a decade this summer since Hamilton opened on Broadway and was catapulted overnight to the sort of adulation a new show receives only once in a generation. 

Playing the West End to much success since 2017, it's become a global phenomenon, making its creator Lin-Manuel Miranda a superstar and the music the soundtrack of a generation. 

(Image: Danny Kaan) I have no doubt this highly anticipated first UK tour will continue that upwards trajectory and I, for one, will be belting out the songs for a long time to come. 

I can only describe what I witnessed tonight as one utterly epic production.

The brilliantly performed hyper-speed hip hop is the perfect soundtrack to the story of the life of one of America's founding fathers, the frenetic Alexander Hamilton, the orphaned immigrant who was taken in by a prosperous merchant and moved from the Caribbean to New York for a better life and began his foray into politics during his education.

(Image: Danny Kaan) Marley Fenton is exceptional in the titular role with other stand out performances from Billy Nevers as his political colleague and rival Aaron Burr and Louis Maskell in the comedy cameo of King George. 

The gigantic cast are almost always present on stage and make the whole show a busy whirlwind of energy, featuring incredible choreography and a clever rotating stage giving a constant feel of motion. 

There's stamping fists, body popping, lyrical tennis and more as the show sizzles with energy and electricity for every moment of its nearly three hours.

For the next few weeks, Mayflower Theatre is absolutely the room where it happens.

(Image: Danny Kaan)