» Review: Der Wunderlich Revue: All Male Cabaret
Anyone who booked expecting a todger-fest was going to be disappointed. This was not hen night fare by a long chalk. What it was, though, was the most hysterically chaotic smorgasbord of vaudeville style entertainments, magic, pole dancing, boy cheerleaders, poets, strippers… You may note that I avoid the word burlesque, even though they chose to use ‘boylesque’ themselves. This show may be rough and ready, frayed at the edges even, and I do think it would have benefited from a little money being spent on raising the production values – but I would change nothing else. And the compere for the evening held the whole together with some very sticky comedy glue. I laughed like a hyena from start to finish. I hesitate to mention any act by name as they were all very funny indeed but if I mention the closing act it will give you a flavour of this action-packed entertainment. Picture this: a very tall, very thin man with a big moustache, seemingly drunk, dressed in full Scottish dress, riding a unicycle and stripping, all at the same time – oh yes, and playing the bagpipes. I rest my case.
The Brunswick, 10 May
5/5
Andrew Kay
