LA CLIQUE reveals a kinky circus side
Sex and the circus is a sticky subject. When a contortionist bends a leg behind her head, you go 'ooh' and 'aah' but keep the erotic button on mute - though you're playing the possibilities through in your head.
The same goes for pumped trapeze guys in skin-tight Lycra. Suppress those big-top urges no longer: LA CLIQUE puts sex at the head of its tricktastic agenda. Whether splashing in the bath with perfectly formed aquatic acrobat David O'Mer or Ursula Martinez devising unique storage solutions for a red hanky (she's nude), LA CLIQUE flicks the erotic switch right from the start of a night of top-notch turn-ons.
Leicester Square's Hippodrome club has been transformed into a sleazy cabaret, the intimate setting creating a palpable buzz of anticipation. When balancing powerhouses The English Gents open up with their muscle-busting act - you'll credit those crunches - being up close to the action lets you soak up the sweat.
Not that it's all lust and muscle. There's plenty of laughter, too, with the anatomically unfeasible tennis racket trickster Captain Frodo the pick of a clutch of funny turns. If there's a downside, it's that the night peaks too soon, the highlights packed into an orgiastic first half. And hardcore circus groupies will have seen many of these acts before. But with LA CLIQUE it ain't the meat, it's the motion.
Until Feb 1, Hippodrome, 10-14 Cranbourn Street WC2, various dates and times, £10 to £42.50. Tel: 020 7907 7097. www.lacliquelondon.com Tube: Leicester Square
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Keith Watson
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