La Clique

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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

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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, German Cabaret singer Bernie Dieter and singer and actress Camille O'Sullivan.

Awards

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Seasons

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  • 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
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References

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  1. ^ 2009 Laurence Olivier Awards Winners. Archived 2010-03-14 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Brighton Festival Fringe 2005 News Archive Archived 2011-07-21 at archive.today
  3. ^ Pidd, Helen (27 August 2004). "La Clique c'est chic". BBC.
  4. ^ Crampton, Hilary (18 October 2005). "La Clique a Sideshow Burlesque". The Age.
  5. ^ Bailey, Patricia (17 July 2006). "The Anti-Cirque du Soleil". CBC.
  6. ^ "About.com Sydney Festival 2008". Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  7. ^ Laverne, Lauren (19 August 2008). "La Clique". BBC's The Culture Show.
  8. ^ Edwardes, Jane (6 December 2009). "La Clique at The Roundhouse NW1"[dead link]. The Sunday Times.
  9. ^ Gardner, Lyn (13 October 2008) "La Clique". The Guardian.