Friday 7 July 2017

Theatre Review: La Cage Aux Folles

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Written By: Scott Gunnion

Format: Musical
Genre: Comedy
Date: July 4 2017
Location: Liverpool Empire Theatre

Drag can be fabulously entertaining when done right, and not diminished by indiscriminate references and cheap innuendo. And this was a production that did drag proud. It could easily have played it for simple laughs.

As the first act unfolded, peppered as it was with one visually impressive but largely irrelevant drag routine after another, I got the feeling that this would be a play with no plot. All glitter, no substance. But I was wrong.

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