LA CLIQUE Up Late
Spiegeltent
All the performers are "available for casual sex after the show", the moustachioed Mario, Queen of the Circus, promised the audience at the first of this year's new late-night weekend shows from LA CLIQUE.
Apart from that generous offer though, this "cheekier, bolder" version of the company's spectacular but intimate burlesque circus was only slightly camper and more explicit than the treats this charismatic company have been serving up for the past three years in the Spiegeltent.
The atmosphere of anticipation among the packed crowd was in no way diminished by a prolonged wait for Frodo the rubber man's return from the Late Late studio before the show could begin, as this, we knew, is a company that delivers.
Starting on a high with the insouciantly brilliant strongman duo The English Gents (this year revealing their underlying Irishness), the roster of breathtaking acts passing across the tiny round stage gave us acrobatics, unicycles, hula hoops, contortions and, perhaps most exhilaratingly given the confined space, the high-speed gyrations of the Skating Aratas.
Wit, spectacle, artistry, great music - sadly, it's the final year at the Fringe for this "dysfunctional family" of virtuosos who are now having to deal with international success, so do whatever juggling you can to get tickets. LA CLIQUE runs until Sat at 6.30pm LA CLIQUE Up Late is on Fri and Sat at 9.30pm
Giles Newington, Irish Times
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