La Clique Spoiler

Last week, my baby kete and I went to the Spiegeltent to see La Clique. The ad says that it's like a sister to Cirque du Soleil but far raunchier, funnier and more intimate. So we came in, looked for seats, all were occupied, ended up standing at the back, then the show started.

The first act was these 2 dudes, a huge bloke and a smaller one, both very built. They wore a singlet and tight shorts with England flag print. They did their acrobatic thingo (i.e. the smaller one stood on the big guy's shoulders, the smaller one stand on one hand on the big one's head), which was brilliant, just like those you see on the telly. After a few tricks, they got off the stage, took a few steps away from the stage, and suddenly turned back and got back on to the stage. They took off their singlets (which invited cheers from the audiences) and did more stuff. So I thought.. okay, raunchy.

Second act was this lady, a yank, in a tiny corset, g-string and fishnet stockings on roller-skates, talking crap, which supposed to be funny. I reckon I can do what she did, I talk crap everyday, although I don't do it in that get up. (Note to self: something to consider)

There were also these 2 Argentinean dudes dancing the tango, who were extraordinarily good. I ran out of breath just watching they dance;
A very attractive girl who did some exotic hula hooping, loved her;
Ida Barr, didn't know who he was, still no idea about who he is, have no intention at all to find out, he sucked.

And the highlights of the whole show are:
Captain Frodo - a double jointed almost bald dude from Norway, wearing nothing but a pair of tennis shorts and a headband, running 2 stringless tennis rackets (12" and 10" if my memory serves me right) through his body. He had confetti in his pocket which he threw whenever he succeeded in putting one of his body parts through the tennis racket or when something hit another thing (i.e. his head against the microphone). It was hilarious, but the funniest bit was actually the look on the audiences' faces. This one guy sitting at the front row looked like he's in more pain than Captain Frodo. Funny as!

Mozes - A bald guy with fake Mexican mustache (you know, that kind of mustache). He got on to the stage, wearing only a singlet and a pair of white old skool jocks. He did some magic tricks with his hankie. He clenched his hand, put hankie into it, opened his hand, hankie disappeared, pulled hankie out of his ear. Took off his singlet, folded it neatly, put it on the floor next to him, did the same trick and hankie came out from a different place. Then, he took off his jocks, treated it the same way as his singlet, became completely naked, did the same trick, hankie came out from his bum. RAUNCHEEE! Where else but in La Clique! He then did some acrobats too in the second half of the show. (So he's not only about naked magic anyway!)

And the last performance was the sexiest. A cheeky Irish guy in a one third filled bathtub, wearing a pair of wet jeans, doing some acrobat up and down a line while sprinkling water onto the audiences. Forget about Justin Timberlake, the Irish guy's brought sexy back!

This is what inside the Spiegeltent is like.
In summary: La Clique is a must see!