La Clique

Sun Nov 22 Roundhouse, Studio Theatre Chalk Farm Rd, London, NW1 8EH Full details & map

Cabaret

Critics' choice
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Time Out says

The sexy, spell-binding circus of chaos is back! What started as a four week-long residency at London's historic Hippodrome at the end of 2008 snowballed into nine hedonistic and addictive months. Since this jaw-dropping show finally closed their doors in June, there's been a noticeable hole in London's cabaret and variety circuit. Happy news, then, that La Clique are returning for an eight week-long residency (but let's hope it's longer than that, eh?) at The Roundhouse over Christmas. Cherry-picked from London to Australia via Norway, Germany and America, the La Clique family includes Freddie Mercury-obsessive Mario Queen of the Circus, French-Irish chanteuse Camille O'Sullivan, sword-swallowing, Latex-loving Miss Behave, eye-watering contortionist Captain Frodo, sensational sassy hula hoopist Marawa, supremely athletic English Gents, and that bloke in a bath David O'Mer, as well as many others. The line-up changes regularly so is worth seeing again.

Roundhouse details

Address
Studio Theatre Chalk Farm Rd, London, NW1 8EH

Transport Chalk Farm 

Telephone

0844 482 8008

http://www.lacliquelondon.com

Times Tue, Wed, Thur 8pm; Fri, Sat 7pm and 10pm; Sun 7pm

Prices £15-£45

Roundhouse map

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We went last night, and paid £37.50 for what can only be described as entertainment fit only for butlins. This is possibly the least impressive 'circus' act I've ever seen including britains got talent/children/amateurs. You'd think that in a circus troupe of around 6 or 7 that each one would be massively talented, but alas some didn't even do anything! The highlight of the show was a guy called Mario singing 'We are the champions' and getting the unwashed masses to join in therefore fooling them into thinking they've enjoyed the show and forget the fact they've each given Mario £7 for the privilege. This show combined elements of circus skills and comedy. The comedy was pretty sub standard and the circus skills were poor. The whole was most definitely less than the sum of it's parts.

Posted by Mario Moneybag McRipoff on Nov 22 2009 1:11pm

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