2011 Cabaret Fringe Review: La Chevre Noir
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 8:34AM
La Chevre Noir
June 10, 2011
La Boheme
On New Year’s Eve 2010, Catherine Campbell, Sidonie Henbest and Jamie Jewell brought the colourful and rowdy Parisians Gigi, Celeste and Jacques to life. It was a three-hour of non-stop comical high jinx.
In their latest show for the Cabaret Fringe Festival, the trio is back in Paris. The bickering sisters Gigi (Campbell) and Celeste (Henbest), and the offbeat, baguette-loving Jacques (Jewell) discover that their cabaret club La Chevre Noir is fated to be turned into a supermarket. The show must go on, however, and they sing away their blues.
With a parade of French themed songs, the audience is transported to a smoky club in the City of Light. The trio has a sense of camaraderie and a warm stage presence. Chris Martin at the piano skillfully creates the French ambience.
They’ve got the slapstick, rambunctious tone down pat. Campbell is a delight as the flirty, wanton, boyfriend-stealing minx, and the suave Jewell cranks up his cheeky appeal. Henbest does the disgruntled and melancholic Celeste well, but it’s a shame to see her dynamic vixen side toned down.
The sing-along of “Non, Je Regrette Rien” with hand-written, phonetically spelt lyrics has everyone howling with laughter. It is a fitting finale to the thoroughly raucous evening.
This irreverent French cabaret is filled with fun and frivolity. The packed house spoke volumes – the next installment cannot come soon enough.
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