Argentine / French company Los Guardiola, consisting of Marcelo Guardiola and Giorgia Marchiori do exactly what the company's tag-line say they do... comedy mime and tango. Taking the Argentinian dance form and playing around with it a little, whilst adding some superb European style mime and French non-verbal comedy, the pair cavort around the stage performing stylised vignettes around the theme of love and desire. Commedia Dell'Arte is paid homage to through the use of half masks and a lovely Pierrot suit for the final scenelet by Guardiola, whilst Marchiori proudly shows off her ballet roots by performing the famous dying swan routine from Swan Lake with aplomb.
This is - if you need any further visualistion - a cross between Laurel And Hardy and Punch And Judy, if they were superb tango dancers, movement and mime artistes, and didn't speak.
Extremely slick, immaculately timed, clever, and humorous. This is European-style mimed comedy at its best.
Reviewer - Matthew Dougall
on - 23.8.22
on - 23.8.22
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