Devils In Church
And The Devil May Drag You Under
The individually superb cabaret acts are made doubly-good by becoming part of the whole; the whole is made doubly-good for being performed in a church.
So, that means this show is four times better than superb.
Devil Des O'Connor
The circusy bits may not have had the Vegas dollars of Cirque or the perfection of a Chinese acrobat stolen from their family and offered the choice of circus contortion or Red Army conscription. But it had a theatrical intensity that gave freshness to what are probably the same-old-same-old skills I watched Billy Smarts’ girls perform in 1978.
The musicy bits, brilliant Frisky and Mannish made me happy. Funny, clever and musical. They could carry their own show, which is not something I often think when seeing cabaret.
The acts were stitched together nicely by The Devil himself with the audience voting to decide wether each act went to heaven or hell. I am still undecided which was considered a victory, considering the production was set in Hell and everyone seemed very happy there.
It was the venue that really set the night off, St Andrews is a bone-fide, god-fearing church. Normally the most sexually charged event to occur in a place of worship would be a priest chaffing his cassock whilst watching choirboys perform and even that doesn’t happen quite as often now that litigation trumps humiliation. But, here at St Andrews you can watch HoneyLuLu disrobe burlesquely before pouring milk over her nipple-tasselled self. An altarpiece display which could not fail to get the youth back into the churches.
Top show, top acts in a big-top-beating venue.
Performances each day (not Weds) until 22nd May
www.fletchproductions.com for tickets
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May 7th 2010 | 1
claire thorley says:
The devil may drag you under was spectacular. I took my mother down to Brighton and it was brilliant to see some innovative acts on the two evenings we were there. It is presented with style not unlike the Moulin Rouge and my only complaint was that it simply was not long enough. Thanks chaps for a most unequivocably exciting evening.
