Bongo Club Cabaret at Fringe: Review
With such an assortment of different acts, it is difficult to imagine a boring evening at The Bongo Cabaret
What’s the point of reviewing a show that is different every time? Well for a start, because The Bongo Cabaret is a microcosm for the entire Edinburgh Fringe. You buy your ticket not knowing what to expect in terms of either content or quality; you can feel the tension of the various performers and almost smell the sweat dripping down their foreheads. But most of all you know the fun is in the unpredictability.
The Bongo Cabaret aims to secure a range of quality performers every night each presenting a short sketch of comedy, theatre, circus, dance, burlesque, mime, music or whatever it is they do best from both inside and outside of the Fringe program. Opening night sees Anna the Pocket Rocket swinging hoops round every movable part of her body, 2faced dance company doing things with their bodies us mortals can barely imagine, a beautiful Glaswegian clown mine act, a naughty burlesque dancer and a charming puppeteer all overseen by a certain talented young poet called Luke Wright.
While it is pot luck as to which acts are on when you decide to turn up, they are clearly chosen carefully, with few other events on the Fringe offering such a range. It is difficult to imagine a boring evening at the Bongo Cabaret.