LA CLIQUE
Where: Hippodrome, Leicester Square
When: to 1 Feb
There are no polar bears or swimming horses, but this Edinburgh transfer more than matches the - reopened Hippodrome's past glories.
While cleverly keeping the intimacy of the Spiegeltent show through a tiny stage, the acts are arena quality. From Cabaret Decadanse's lip-synching puppetry to Yulia Pikhtina's hula, every number is as visually spectacular as Cirque du Soleil, without the dodgy music.
It's all delivered with lashings of wit and irreverence and if you think it can't get better than the incredible English Gents - two Aussies balancing on each other's heads smoking - wait until aerialist David O'Mer is slithering around in blue jeans and a bath tub like a Levi's - sponsored seal.
Kat Brown and Ben Dowell
London Theatre
Thursday, 09 October 2008
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