In under two hours, Italian quick-change artist Arturo Brachetti gets through more outfits than a battery of supermodels.
Now in his fifties, he proves an engaging and nimble performer, let down only by a sluggish post-interval tribute to film director Fellini and Sean Foley’s superfluous script which leads to an unimpressive “final transformation.”That apart, however, his show is crammed with delightful moments.
In the blink of an eye he’s changed from a punk to the Queen, and in a tribute to Hollywood he transforms himself from Nosferatu to Gene Kelly, then, simultaneously, to Bogart and Bacall.
Add an enchanting menagerie of skilfully executed shadow puppets and a liberal sprinkling of magic, and here’s a show to please the child in all of us.
Garrick, Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0HH (0844 412 4662) ambassadortickets.com/london till 3 Jan (£15 -£50)
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