Over the years we’ve become big fans of the Cirque du Soleil here at GAY TIMES, with their annual residency at the Royal Albert Hall being something we really look forward to, brightening up an otherwise dreary January.
For this year we have a revival of their 2005 show Corteo, which is being staged at London’s Royal Albert Hall during its 20th anniversary year.
As with previous shows, there’s not a huge amount in the way of narrative – which to be honest doesn’t matter at all, as we don’t watch these sorts of shows for their stories – but it concerns the character Mauro the clown.
Effectively the show is his dream of how his funeral will play out, and he watches the proceedings unfold alongside us, sometimes joining in with the scenes.