{"id":62603,"date":"2009-12-08T01:07:53","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T00:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/?p=3713"},"modified":"2009-12-08T01:07:53","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T00:07:53","slug":"la-clique-is-back-in-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/blog\/2009\/12\/08\/la-clique-is-back-in-town\/","title":{"rendered":"La Clique is back in town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3716\" src=\"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/m_49d2c1b3148e913114bdd86192bc4492.jpg\" alt=\"La Clique\" width=\"170\" height=\"212\" \/>Breathtaking, lip-smacking, jaw-dropping&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">An ever-changing line-up of some of the best acts in the world, a heady cocktail of decadent circus and\u00a0subversive London performance-art clubs,\u00a0with a touch of burlesque and cabaret and\u00a0 a\u00a0vibrant\u00a0coat of rock music&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">There&#8217;s no words really, to describe La Clique&#8217;s show. Impossible to define and impossible to resist, La Clique\u00a0has returned to London for the festive season and will perform until the 17th January\u00a0at The Roundhouse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The New York burlesque scene is represented through the Wau Wau Sisters, performing what the Toronto Comedy Festival has described as &#8220;Filthy Flying Fun&#8221;, while the exquisite Marawa,\u00a0part Josephine Baker and part Betty Boop,\u00a0with her leopard print unitard and\u00a0large pink flower\u00a0in her hair, mesmerises the audience with a spectacularly sexy Hula Hoop act.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3717\" src=\"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/m_784b743ef8fdd541aaaea9649ecf730b.jpg\" alt=\"Ursula Martinez\" width=\"170\" height=\"226\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Saying that\u00a0Ursula Martinez,\u00a0writer and actress as well as cabaret performer, treads where few performers dare to go, is definitely not a cliched\u00a0expression\u00a0to sustain the conversation &#8211;\u00a0and her\u00a0cult striptease act, with its mischievous\u00a0disappearing hanky,\u00a0is a genuinely jaw-dropping sensation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Other highlights include The Skating Willers, who\u00a0spin at breakneck speed on\u00a0the tiny circular stage\u00a0in a highly dangerous roller-skating act that leaves the spectator with the feeling\u00a0they&#8217;ve never seen something\u00a0like that in their whole life. It&#8217;s also the London debut of mesmerising Sam Alvarez\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0his incredibly fascinating\u00a0flying acrobatics performance in chains&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3718\" src=\"http:\/\/www.luxsure.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/theGalleryLarge_legateauchocolat-300x281.jpg\" alt=\"theGalleryLarge_legateauchocolat\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" \/>On\u00a0the comedy\u00a0side, let&#8217;s not forget Mario Queen of the Circus, a leather-bursting reincarnation of Freddie Mercury (well, kinda), the Ikea-country fellow Carl-Einar Hackner and of course Le Gateau Chocolat, an opera-singing diva with an obvious penchant for lycra and tulle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">If you miss the delightful taste of decadence on your tongue, if it&#8217;s been too long since the last time you\u00a0took a walk on the wild side,\u00a0don&#8217;t wait one minute more&#8230; Book your tickets now! And by the way, it&#8217;s strictly age 18+ only.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Laurie Guillem<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>La Clique London at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8EH\u00a0&#8211; 20th November 2009\/17th January 2010. For\u00a0further information and to\u00a0book tickets, it&#8217;s <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roundhouse.org.uk\/whats-on\/productions\/la-clique-3320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>qui<\/em><\/a><em>!<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breathtaking, lip-smacking, jaw-dropping&#8230; An ever-changing line-up of some of the best acts in the world, a heady cocktail of decadent circus and\u00a0subversive London performance-art clubs,\u00a0with&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mode"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxsure.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}