LA CLIQUE at The Roundhouse
Variety is supposed to be dead, or at least shunted off to television. But clearly nobody told the people behind LA CLIQUE, which takes the traditional arts of circus, magic and burlesque, and gives them a postmodern tweak. Out of the hat comes a show that is loud, sexy and often wildly funny. Already hugely popular when they performed at the Hippodrome, these outrageous entertainers have now moved into the cavernous Roundhouse, where they play on a tiny circular stage in the centre.
More recent arrivals include the raucous, smoking-and-drinking Wau Wau Sisters, who dangerously hurl themselves at the trapeze, and Carl-Einar Hackner's lanky Swedish magician, dripping with woeful inadequacy in his white Abba suit. His inability to distinguish between a bandanna and a banana has messy and hilarious consequences. Best of all is Meow Meow, a dominatrix and diva who races on in some disarray before demanding that the men in the front row remove her outer clothes and lift her up above them. By the time she sings her torch song, these hapless participants are trapped in some extremely compromising positions. Is there a ruder, rowdier, more enjoyable show to be seen? Surely not.
From The Sunday Times December 6, 2009
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