The Irrepressibles - review

Scala, LondonTall mirrors are concertinaed around the stage, reflecting boudoir bulbs that crackle ominously. Poised on a pedestal, panting as though in coital throes, is the preening figure of Jamie McDermott. The Irrepressibles' frontman is equal parts Elvis, Bryan Ferry, the swan prince from Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake and Titania, the imperious fairy queen of A Midsummer Night's Dream. His imps are an eight-piece orchestra who sway and jolt in the shadows and storms evoked by their plangent m...

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