Thick & Tight: Camp as Christmas
High camp and low blows, fabulous dance and a load of laughs – Thick & Tight spark the fire with their cabaret-style variety show for the bleak midwinter.
Combining Thick & Tight’s sizzling mix of dance, drag, mime, lip-sync and satire, this spectacular show affectionately trashes the festive season. Whether you love or loathe Christmas, it’ll help get you through to the other side.
For one night only (across a three-week run … ), Camp as Christmas features a classic nativity cast including the Virgin Mary, Father Christmas, Reform UK, Judy Garland, Three Unwise Men, Big Ben, the turkey, Melania Trump and her body double, the Devil, Little Donkey and Jesus … oh and don’t forget Liza! Expect show tunes, the avant-garde, quick changes and possibly a carol. Always camp, a little bit Christmassy.
Starring in these roles are Thick & Tight’s own Daniel Hay-Gordon and El Perry, with incredible guest performers Harry Alexander (Michael Clark) and Annie Edwards (Candoco).
Thick & Tight are no strangers to acclaim. Their 2022 show Short & Sweet was called a ‘dazzling and witty variety show’ by The Stage in a five-star review. Now, Camp as Christmas is Thick & Tight’s latest full-length show after winning an Offie for the Cabaret category and Achievement in Dance at the UK Theatre Awards.
The atmosphere will be celebratory, inclusive and queer, striking a few festive notes while adding a good dollop of irreverence and subversiveness to the conventions of the season. Are you coming down the chimney or not?
Camp as Christmas is designed by Tim Spooner, Darren Evans, Nao Nagai and Claire Ashley.
Many relaxed, BSL and captioned performances.
