La Clique
La Clique is a cabaret/variety show with Australian roots first conceived for the 2004 season of The Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It was originally performed in The Famous Spiegeltent with a small circular stage at fringe festivals, but since 2008 it was also performed for extended periods in permanent theatres keeping the same characteristic stage.
Notable Performers
[edit]German Cabaret diva, songwriter, and performance artist Bernie Dieter, Guinness World Record breaking contortionist Captain Frodo, Australian-born actress, dancer and cabaret performer Meow Meow, British-born performer and self-taught sword swallower Miss Behave and Irish musician, vocalist, and actress Camille O'Sullivan.
Awards
[edit]- 2009: Nominated for Les Globes de Cristal La Meilleure Comédie Musicale 2009 (Best Musical or Comedy) for the Paris 2009 season.
- 2009: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment for the London 2008/09 season at the Hippodrome, London.[1]
- 2005: Brighton Festival Fringe Best of The Fringe Festival award.[2]
Seasons
[edit]- Edinburgh Festival Fringe, United Kingdom; August 2004[3]
- Brighton Festival Fringe, United Kingdom; May 2005
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe, United Kingdom; August 2005
- Melbourne International Arts Festival, Australia; October – November 2005[4]
- Adelaide Fringe Festival, Australia; March 2006
- Brighton Festival Fringe, United Kingdom; May 2006
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe, United Kingdom; August 2006
- Just for Laughs festival, Montreal, Canada; July 2006[5]
- New York, United States of America; August – October 2006
- Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Australia; October – December 2006
- Sydney Festival, Australia; January 2007
- Auckland Festival, New Zealand; March 2007
- Just for Laughs festival, Montreal, Canada; July 2007
- Dublin Fringe Festival, Ireland; September 2007
- Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne, Australia; October – December 2007
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe, United Kingdom; August 2007
- Sydney Festival, Australia; January 2008[6]
- Adelaide Fringe Festival, Australia; March 2008
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe, United Kingdom; August 2008 [7]
- Dublin Fringe Festival, Ireland; September 2008
- Hippodrome, London, United Kingdom; October 2008 – June 2009
- Sydney Festival, Australia; January 2009
- Auckland Festival, New Zealand; March 2009
- Just for Laughs festival, Nantes, France; April 2009
- Aarhus Festuge, Denmark; August 2009
- Dublin Fringe Festival, Ireland; September 2009
- Bobino, Paris, France; September 2009 – June 2010
- The Roundhouse, London, United Kingdom; November 2009 – January 2010 [8][9]
- Showzam! Festival of Circus, Magic and New Variety, Blackpool, United Kingdom; February 2010
- Adelaide Festival of Arts, Australia; March 2010
- Stockholm Kulturfestival, Gröna Lund, Sweden; August – September 2010
- Pécs, Hungary; August 2010
- Aarhus Festuge, Denmark; August – September 2010
- Lund, Sweden; September 2010
- Halmstad, Sweden; September 2010
- Umeå, Sweden; September – October 2010
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 2009 Laurence Olivier Awards Winners. Archived 2010-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Brighton Festival Fringe 2005 News Archive Archived 2011-07-21 at archive.today
- ^ Pidd, Helen (27 August 2004). "La Clique c'est chic". BBC.
- ^ Crampton, Hilary (18 October 2005). "La Clique a Sideshow Burlesque". The Age.
- ^ Bailey, Patricia (17 July 2006). "The Anti-Cirque du Soleil". CBC.
- ^ "About.com Sydney Festival 2008". Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- ^ Laverne, Lauren (19 August 2008). "La Clique". BBC's The Culture Show.
- ^ Edwardes, Jane (6 December 2009). "La Clique at The Roundhouse NW1"[dead link]. The Sunday Times.
- ^ Gardner, Lyn (13 October 2008) "La Clique". The Guardian.