Suffice to say, this is probably one of the strongest line-ups in the La Clique show over the last few years, and it is thoroughly enjoyable throughout.
NEWS: Cabaret La Clique returns to the West End from 13 Nov with a new show and cast
Cabaret La Clique is back in the West End this Christmas with a new show and cast in Leicester Square’s mirrored Spiegeltent.
‘A ridiculously entertaining evening’: CHOIR OF MAN – London Wonderground
Choir of Man entertains in the Wonderground Earl’s Court, from ubiquitous producers the Underbelly. It is certainly hard to leave without a big smile on your face.
NEWS: Eddie Redmayne & Jessie Buckley will star in Cabaret at the West End’s ‘Kit Kat Club’
The Kit Kat Club in London’s West End will open its doors this November with the musical Cabaret starring Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, Tony and Olivier award winner Eddie Redmayne as The Emcee and Bafta nominee and British Independent Film award winner Jessie Buckley as Sally Bowles.
NEWS: Phoebe Waller-Bridge is announced as Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society President
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has announced that Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been appointed in the role of President. The position, which is the first of its kind, will see Waller-Bridge act as a representative and advocate for the Fringe Society: the charity that exists to support everyone who wants to participate in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
‘Burlesque & circus are a match made in heaven’: ROUGE – Underbelly Festival
Promising ‘a decadent and astonishing blend of sensational acrobatics, soaring aerial trapeze, operatic cabaret and tongue in cheek burlesque’, Rouge transfers to London straight off the back of its UK premiere for Underbelly at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
‘Could be a relevant & illuminating discussion’: CONSPIRACY – Edinburgh Fringe
Three conspiracy theorists have gathered to unpick discrepancies and inconsistencies in the 1932 photograph ‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’ in Conspiracy.
‘A feat of ingenuity & organisation’: 80 Days: A Real-World Adventure – Underbelly Southbank
Guided by a web app, participants have 80 minutes to earn as much money as possible by answering cryptic puzzles. They must choose what equipment to spend their cash on before returning to the meeting place.
‘Writing a play is cheaper than therapy’: Tom Hartwell’s play Before 30 has a stint at the Edinburgh Fringe
Tom Hartwell’s play Before 30 is now making its way up to Edinburgh for a stint at the Festival Fringe prior to a one-off performance at the United Solo Theatre Festival in New York this November
‘An exciting, alternative variety show’: BLACK CAT: BOHEMIA – Underbelly
Black Cat: Bohemia is a French-style cabaret show combining many exciting acts, including fire eating, aerial choreography and hula-hoop jumping. All of this is interspersed with lots of singing and dancing.
‘If it doesn’t transfer to London, I’ll be very surprised’: ANGRY ALAN – Edinburgh Fringe
I booked my ticket for Penelope Skinner’s new play, Angry Alan, before the Fringe started and it has subsequently won a Fringe First Award which raised expectations – and it didn’t disappoint.
‘The most emotional I’ve felt at the Fringe’: QUEENS OF SHEBA – Edinburgh Fringe
I walked out of Queens of Sheba feeling a bit teary in a kind of happy/sad/exhilarated way. It’s the first Fringe play I’ve seen that has evoked such a strong emotional response.
‘There is no doubting the powerful message’: KILLYMUCK – Edinburgh Fringe
There is no doubting Killymuck’s powerful message, it is moving and tough but there is also love and laughter along the way.
‘Just watch out for flying sausages’: SHIT-FACED SHOWTIME: OLIVER WITH A TWIST – Edinburgh Fringe ★★★★★
Another classic drunken caper for the Shit-faced Showtime team, showing Dickens how it should’ve been done – just watch out for flying sausages…
‘Neither hilarious or moving but gently soothing’: THE LITTLE MERMAID – Underbelly Festival
The Little Mermaid is a tame show, neither hilarious or moving but gently soothing – childlike in form and function. Off-script jokes and commentary on the narrative choices would allow for a feminist retelling to thread through the work which, at present, is lacking.
‘Mesmerising hour of movement, theatre & circus’: PEEPSHOW – Underbelly Festival
Overall Peepshow is a thoroughly entertaining, often spectacular piece, just subversive enough and featuring a truly impressive cast of performers, who just leave you just enough time at the end to pick your jaw up off the floor on your way out.
‘Good fun show’: ELIXIR – Underbelly Festival
Playing to a much more intimate audience in the Underbelly’s Spiegeltent this year, Australian company Head First Acrobats carefully adapts its relationship with the audience which is brought right up close to a whizzing cyr wheel and regurgitated tonic water.
‘Absolutely flies by’: CIRCOLOMBIA – Underbelly Festival
Circolombia regularly put on an exciting and entertaining show and, true to form, this year at the Underbelly Festival their self-titled offering is exhilarating, fun and family friendly.
‘Energising & thoroughly entertaining evening out’: SOAP – Underbelly Festival
The long-running German production Soap makes a splash on the UK scene this year, performing in the round for the first time, and filling the Underbelly’s stylish Spiegeltent with bathtubs, opera singing, slick acrobatic bodies and classic clowning dressed down in swim cap and galoshes.
‘Could clean up into a subtly subverting show’: SOAP – Underbelly Festival
With a reworking of the dance routines by a choreographer and the sexualised gestures and motifs replaced by explorative circus skills, Soap will clean up into a subtly subverting show rather than a brash predictable one.
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