Jean Paul Gaultier: Fashion Freak Show (London) London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (32)
See it if You're open-minded and enjoy experiencing something different. You enjoy sparkly, flashy, over the top show 🤩
Don't see it if You're easily offended by nudity, gay & sexual content. You expect a story.
See it if I absolutely loved this show from arrival to the venue I honestly did not what to expect but what was delivered was amazing .It was so slick
Don't see it if You are easily shocked /don’t like nudity or if your expecting anything “normal “ what ever that is also if you don’t like 1980s music
See it if absolutely fabulous a bombardment on the sense's in a fantastic way
Don't see it if if you don't like camp, gay , gender neutral performances
See it if You wanna see something different and new
Don't see it if You need to know what to expect at all times, this wont give u that
See it if you like to see queer culture presented in a way straight people perceive
Don't see it if you expect a clear narrative flow connecting collections and something innovative.
See it if you like to watch soft core porn
Don't see it if you want a story you can follow.At first it feels like a Moulin Rouge spectacle then it just becomes softcore porn & is confusing.Left early
See it if you are interested to see something extraordinary and never seen something like this because there isn't anything like this! Just do it!
Don't see it if if you are not in for a massive fun and don't want to get excited or fashion is not interesting subject for you.
See it if If you love fashion, amazingly beautiful great staged show that remembers from childhood to adulthood of Jean Paul
Don't see it if You don’t like fashion
Critic Reviews (11)
“Jean Paul Gaultier lifts the corset to relive an exhilarating life through Fashion Freak Show, and brings all of us along for the ride. And what a mesmerising and beguiling journey it is.”
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"There are a few moments that don't fully ignite but not enough to dampen a red hot hit show that sweeps the audience along on a tidal wave of excitement, opulence and sheer fabulousness. It was long before the interval that the question in my head went from "yes, but is it theatre?" to "how many times can I come back and experience this thing before it closes?" It's a blast."
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"What you’re likely to take away from this giddy, excessive and agreeably self-glorifying stage party is Gaultier’s wildly creative, knockout designs and his ebullient and liberating embrace of beauty and difference."
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Part cabaret, part catwalk show, designer Jean Paul Gaultier’s stage autobiography is massively self-indulgent but also kind of fabulous...basically two hours of hot-bodied dancer-singer-exhibitionists posing and vogueing...'
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Colourful, kitsch and OTT...If there’s a take-away inspiration here, it lies in the refusal to censor, cover up, turn prude.'
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Featuring every bell and whistle imaginable (and they're only the ones attached to Gaultier's costumes), this is a two-hour deep-dive into one of the most influential designers of the last 50 years.'
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...slick, bouncy and extravagant production is an ideal summertime confection... Artfully balanced between frivolity and titillation, the show’s mix of cabaret and catwalk is a lot of fun if also a mite self-indulgent.'
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Above all, the Fashion Freak Show captures the unapologetic fun of fashion and how this world has at times been a haven for people – particularly gay men – who didn’t fit in elsewhere.'
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