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La Cage Aux Folles offers two very different attractions.
For some, it is an opportunity to spend 2½ hours watching high quality drag acts. Others will prefer the comedy of manners and gender politics that is the excuse for the glitz.
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The story of La Cage Aux Folles, written by Harvey Fierstein in the English version, will be familiar. It is set in a gay nightclub in St Tropez run by Georges, played by Philip Quast, recently seen playing Juan Peron. He sings better than anyone and runs the show.
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The singing is energetic though not always fantastic and Jerry (Hello Dolly) Herman's appropriately Gallic music has some high points, notably in the title song and the proudly definitive 'I Am What I Am'. Hodge and Quast make a good couple, ensuring that the comedy comes over loud and clear and achieving a few tender moments.
© Western Mail & Echo Limited
