Black Blues Brothers: Let’s Twist Again! review – circus pals rock, roll, jump and jive

McEwan Hall, EdinburghThe sharply dressed quintet perform acrobatics that often complement the 50s chart hits on the jukeboxFor their fifth season at the fringe, this quintet of Kenyan acrobats are performing to golden oldies, opening with both Chubby Checker and Sam Cooke’s odes to twisting. Their circus routines are interspersed with moves from 50s dance crazes but the concept really takes off with Jackie Wilson’s Reet Petite. Here, the singer’s distinctive vocal range and zany word stretching perfectly complement the men’s evident joy in testing their limits and winning our whoops. “Look-a there, ooh wee!”An overlong scene-setting intro in Alexander Sunny’s production, choreographed by Electra Preisner and Ahara Bischoff, finds the guys on a train station, having missed their connection to Chicago. Macs, hats and shades are taken off but Bilal Musa Huka, Rashid Amini Kulembwa, Seif Mohamed Mlevi, Peter Mnyamosi Obunde and Mohamed Salim Mwakidudu remain in otherwise formal attire.At McEwan Hall, Edinburgh, until 25 AugustAll our Edinburgh festival reviews Continue reading...

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