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Bourgeois and Maurice
Birmingham Rep Door
**** IT
hardly seems like six
months
have passed since the Birmingham Rep launched its monthly Cabaret XXL
nights. Just a
mere six shows that have successfully established the evening as the
best alternative night of entertainment in the city. Bourgeois
and Maurice were the final act before the summer break. Delivering a
series of personal songs that take their influence from Social media and
the general paranoia that surrounds modern living. It is really all
about the songs with the segue-way between each being an extended set up
for next composition. The duo of
Liv Morris and George Heyworth make vague references to being part
cyborg, alien creatures and suggest they are related. Claiming to have
spent their yo None of
the back story matters or seems relevant as the glitter, makeup and
outlandish costumes serve as appropriate wear for any musical act that
may have been around in the eighties. The fact that the current pop
world in general is bland t-shirts and jeans the pair are are a welcome
return to Pop Glamour. Whilst the
songs are mostly simple piano accompaniment a few are against
pre-recorded backing tracks that expand their overall sound and
potential. There was an isolated
attempt to get some audience participation which did not go down too
well and as their forte is really about the music they should stick to
that. If they
ever tire of the cabaret scene then there was evidence during these more
evolved musical numbers, of a glimpse that they could quite easily form
a `Bowiesque' glam band. There is certainly scope in their writing and
vocals to go `mainstream ' and obviously they have no fear of
experimenting with the visual aspect of their show, so
Bourgeois and Maurice the band would be quite
something. The range of acts that have been presented at
Cabaret XXL since the start of the year have been wildly entertaining
and often challenging. The attending audience has grown in number and
that hopefully will be a trend that will continue when the nights shift
from their regular Thursday night slot to include Fridays and Saturdays
when they continue at the Birmingham Rep in October. Jeff Grant 09-06-16
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staring at themselves in mirrors in their bedroom they suggest that
their arrival in show business was accidental rather than intentional.