Nigel Farage Wouldn't Enjoy Giselle: Remix at the Edinburgh Fringe, but You Will

Nigel Farage wouldn't enjoy Giselle: Remix at the Edinburgh Fringe, but you will

“I can’t see a world where he’s going to enjoy watching me lip syncing to ‘Double Penetration’,” Jack Sears replies after a short pause, when I ask him if he’d ever consider inviting Nigel Farage to watch his “unapologetically queer” Edinburgh Fringe show, Giselle: Remix. The subject of Nigel Farage came up because 32-year-old Sears is originally from Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, which has the very dubious honour of of having the notorious, right-wi…

GISELLE: REMIX review by thespyinthestalls at Edinburgh Festival

GISELLE: REMIX Edinburgh Festival Fringe ★★★★ “The choreography is impeccable, the performances magnetic, and the shifts in tone handled with total control” Jack Sears’ Giselle: Remix takes the bones of the classic ballet and explodes them into something gloriously queer, irreverent, and intoxicating. Part ballet, part lip-sync cabaret, part queer coming-of-age story, this is an ode to love, lust, sex, joy, and the mess of queer intimacy. On th…