The London Folies

Our Review:

7 August 2009

This show - with its pseudo French title - is described as 21st century variety and burlesque. Well all I can say is that, on this evidence, 21st century burlesque is a remarkably respectable affair. The girls are all lusciously beautiful and they remove most of their pretty clothes in a most delightfully elegant way but never reach the 'full monty' - always finishing with nipple covers and G strings.

Polly Rae and her 'hurly burly girls' have been regular features at the Leicester Square Theatre since before Christmas, but for this show they've added several new items. One of them is the down and dirty comedienne Ivy Paige - “The Scarlet Temptress” - who comes on with a supermarket trolley marked “very used goods” and acts as MC, with some suggestive patter and a couple of rude songs including “If I Can’t Sell It, I’ll Sit On It” which is ostensibly about a second hand furniture dealer. She's also responsible for initiat...

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The London Folies - 15 August 2009:

I took my boyfriend to The London Folies as a present. The show was absolutely abismal. Firstly there was no air conditioning in the venue, the show itself was ill prepared, the choreography was very basic, and each act we saw looked like it had been knocked up 5 minutes prior. Sure the tap dancer was clever but only for the first two minutes. If you want cabaret go and see La Clique - it is incredible and puts this low budget show to shame....

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