Reviews
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, NEW YORK
In one image, Ms. Page has them all caged together like birds. Apart from the clarity of their avian behavior, there is a terrific sense of the force that's being hemmed in. And one Cagelle stretches his/her leg up and over in a phenomenal hyperextension - like a huge wing rising up and over - that perfectly illustrates what fabulously exotic creatures these men/women are. Beside the sheer amount of dance in "Come Fly Away" or "Fela!", that of "La Cage aux Folles" is small, but, like almost everything else in this production, exquisite.
the athletic production numbers, choreographed to embrace manly clunkiness by Lynne Page, are a tacky delight, especially that slipshod beach-ball number.
the musical's farcical elements are equally well realized, with particularly strong contributions from Lynne Page's amusing choreography
Lynne Page's choreography has a rough-hewn charm
Choreographer Lynne Page keeps those Cagelles amusingly busy, whipping the title song to a delightful frenzy
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, UK
Suddenly, the West End sparkles
Johnson, aided by Lynne Page's dazzling choreography, makes a chirpy comedy into a beautiful bird of paradise, glowing with colour, strutting with attitude and all the more affecting for the moulting, mangy patches in its bright plumage
the male sextet of Cagelles are still simply stunning in Lynne Page's brilliant, eye-watering choreography (those trim, firm buttocks, those somersaults, those splits, those ghostly white legs cycling upside down!).
The six fully body-waxed male "Cagelles" (no smuggled-in real live doll this time, alas) execute Lynne Page's stunning choreography with terrifying physicality
Terry Johnson's production evokes the sleaze and intimacy of the St-Tropez nightclub, but Lynne Page's choreography is anything but tacky
Tim Shortall's sets and Lynne Page's choreography really come into their own during big production numbers such as The Best of Times and also provide a showcase for the men of the La Cage chorus, who have legs and dance moves most women would die for.
The moment in Lynne Page's exuberant choreography when they all leap into the air and then go down into the splits made my eyes water in sympathy.
a whooping whirl of can-can skirts, high kicks, splits and acrobatics
We also get a close-up view of "Les Cagelles", the glitzy, gender-bending chorus of five men and one woman, for whom Lynne Page has devised exuberant choreography. There is a genuine, cartwheeling madness about their can-can, which ends with them thrusting patrons' heads under their frilly, froufrou frocks
CARMEN, HOLLAND PARK, LONDON
Lynne Page's choreography rises several cuts above the level of the upmarket musical Carmen is often reduced to, yet is so crisply and spontaneously executed that the routines work every time
PET SHOP BOYS TOUR 2009
Cheers erupt when Lowe emerges wearing a potted plant, and when two box-headed "robot" dancer-vocalists reveal themselves to be tiny blonde twin girls in costumes.
their Pandemonium tour, which began in Russia and last night reached London, oozed cool, theatrical panache.
the dancers provided many of the night's memorable images. At one point, they dressed as cartoon skyscrapers, jiggling like a surreal Steven Appleby graphic come to life; at another, clad in garish colours for a raucous rendition of Always On My Mind, they pogoed dementedly.


