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I Wanna Be Loved by You: Pink Fringe: Review

August 5, 2013

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The pink fringe continues to grow in substance, quality and style and this evening was an astonishing tour de force of talent all held together by one of the countries strongest, most challenging and most loveable performers, the utterly divine David Hoyle, who hosted this evenings collection of some of the best artistic currently gracing the UK’s stage.

I was moved, challenged, interested, thrilled, touched, delighted,  and even dare I say it a little bored, but then even the most interesting thrill pushed to its limits can cease to delight, but to be honest, I suspect this was because of the heat in the theatre and not the people on the stage.  The sweat was dripping of me, it was unbearably hot and this was a distraction from the excellent effort from the stage. However enough about my perspiration and more about the talent, which shone with brilliance and wit. Show info here:

Boogaloo Stu
Boogaloo Stu

Local stellar object Boogaloo Stu took us on an honest and delightful tour through his early years and was as charming, quirky and funny as always.  He warmed the audience up in the best way through serving up his very personal nostalgic refection on his formative music.

Stacy Makishi is a carefully crafted bit of chaos and oddness, seeming all off hand and stumbling but actually being a complete and thoughtfully planned performer with a sure aim, for the heart.   She was simply brilliant, shuffling and edging towards a moment it her set when it all made sense then carrying on it on into the surreal.  Her act was also one of sensual and musical bliss. The audience loved her.

dickie dorothy 1Dickie Beau  took us deep in the tortured and angry soul of Judy Garland but in one of the most beautifully disturbing ways I’ve ever witnessed. Part Mine, part puppet, part drag, part spirit medium his act is astonishingly powerful and touching. He really was astonishing and I for one am a HUGE new fan of his. See his website here and please, please go see him and be astonished.

Cameo Cookie from the Gary Clarek Dance  Company brought her new one woman show based on the life of arch homophobe and troubled lady Anita Bryant, her tightly plotted and intense movements transfixed the audience and delighted many. She was utterly devoted to the movement and held the audience in her focus.

Then we have HIM, the force of Nature that is David Hoyle himself, much has been written about Mr. Hoyle and I’m going to add more flattery and high praise. He simply is perfect, scary, inspiring, thrilling, angry and disturbing, and oh so so funny – his off the cuff comments being the best as usual and strange as fuck. We loved him, the audience loved him ( who wouldn’t dare) and he deserves to be gilded and licked by a thousand puppies. Please come back to Brighton more often Mr H.

A great night out, great festival well done Pink Fringe, it’s so good to go out and have such an astonishingly good value nights entertainment and it all be so wonderfully LGBT and excellent.

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I Wanna Be Loved by You

Featuring David Hoyle, Stacy Makishi, Dickie Beau, Boogaloo Stu, and Gary Clarke Dance Company

Friday, August 2

Co-presented by Brighton Dome and Pink Fringe

 

 

 

 

 

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