This nightclub Cabaret show is named after the unique Parisian method for opening a champagne bottle with a sword, a sabre, and yes you will see that feat at least twice during the evening. To the far end of King’s Cross station along the functionally named Goods Way you will find the venue Lafayette on several levels.  The cabaret show is brought to London by Strut & Fret and the Menier Chocolate Factory. We were shown to the cocktail bar, to await the show, before taking our seats on a leather sofa.  It is an intimate space and you are very close to the exciting performers onstage.

There is table service for drinks and food throughout the show.  Two guys narrate, Alexander Markadish as the sexy French host and Neven Connolly, a superb mime artist and clown, with so many facial expressions, I lost count. All the company dance an introduction before we move onto the individual acts.  First is Emma Phillips, who has acquired her circus skills in China.  She lies back and spins a parasol fist with her arms, then with her feet.  Suddenly there are not just one, but two, not just two but three, and finally four parasols spinning at the same time.  She spins several parasols on one foot and her three other limbs spin square cloths making them look circular.   She is a human Catherine wheel!