La Clique

Step right up and witness the spellbinding spectacle La Clique, celebrating a tantalising 20 years, now showing in the stunning Opera House. 

The audience is transported into a realm where the impossible feels possible as the lights dim. 

The set design is a simple stage. Small and intimate, the audience sits in the round. Fairy lights form the big top while hues of red and blue are cast over the theatre. It morphs and evolves, creating spaces where fairy tales meet fantasies. 

This isn't just any show; it's a frisky fête of fantasy that’s kept audiences on the edge of their seats for two glorious decades. 

La Clique has swung from traditional circus arts to a sensual symphony of sight and sound, offering a genre-bending experience for everyone from the thrill-seekers to the starry-eyed romantics.

It's where the art and athleticism of the international family of artists meet in an explosive celebration of human potential and creativity. 

The cast of 8, including Tuedon Ariri, Tara Boom, Heather Holliday, Mario, Queen of the Circus, Mirko Köckenberger, LJ Marles, Ursula Martinez & David Pereira, is as much a treat for the eyes as they are a delicious dalliance of dexterity. 

The show is an irresistible cocktail of style, substance, and sultry sway, stirred with a dash of humour and a pinch of mischief—shaken, not stirred. 

Happy birthday, indeed. Raise a glass with Mirko Köckenberger. Or raise many. 

Picture this: dazzling aerialists (Lj Marles, Tuedon Ariri ) soar through the air with a tease of gravity-defying acrobatics that’ll leave your heart doing somersaults. Very cheeky, hanky, panky magician Ursula Martinez will boggle the mind, fiery Heather Holliday heats things up as she swallows flames and swords, while David Pereira will bend over backward to please, literally. Let’s say their flexibility will have you questioning all those yoga classes you’ve skipped. But Australia's Queen of Chaos, Tara Boom, will leave your jaw dropped and guarantee you don’t look at the culinary art of popcorn making the same again, wondering what you just saw. This is not a circus for kids. It’s grown up, it’s inclusive, it opens its arms, and welcomes all to the family. No wonder it has had 54 sell-out seasons across Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania

La Clique holds the crown as the original trailblazer of circus meets sexy vaudeville, offering a smorgasbord of performances that entertain, inspire, and occasionally induce just the right amount of scandalous chuckles. Whether you’re there for the va-va-voom vibes or simply to revel in its spellbinding charm, La Clique will sizzle your senses and leave you begging for an encore or singing along to Queen with leather-clad juggler Mario. 

Oh, be warned, there’s a definite splash zone. 

Nicole Smith

Photographer: Daniel Boud