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Having seen the original film, missed the 1986 production at the Palladium and been terrified to even to try the recent American movie version for fear of it loosing all its heart in favour of single entendres and star names, I was entirely enthralled by Terry Johnson's production. With a large and talented cast, sumptuous set design with lots of red velvet and pink chintz by David Farley and some very fine beading and buttressing on the glamorous gowns from costume designer Matthew Wright, the production team had done their job and the cast met the challenge with gusto.
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La Cage itself is a high camp cabaret bar in St Tropez run by Georges, manager and master of ceremonies played with all the style and flair that this role requires by Philip Quast, and his significant other, Albin who's drag diva alter ego Zaza has been wowing the clientele for years but, these days, is finding it a little hard to buy either the image he/she puts over on stage or the one he sees staring back in the mirror.
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Above all though, it is the relationship between Georges and Albin that drives the play, and Quast and Hodge have a magnetic connection on stage and share that with the audience.
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