Cabbage the Clown is going to be a star. Their stage presence and creativity is striking.
In Cinemadrome, Cabbage is stuck working at a cinema on minimum wage. They ease their boredom by playing around with the cinemagoers (us), lipsyncing and dancing to their catalogue of film references, and making art out of the rubbish they clean up. Cabbage frolics around us at every opportunity, parodying the awkwardness of squeezing past people in a row, and going absolutely ham with it.
They showcase the gruelling ache of working a monotonous job when you think like an artist. The creativity in their routines, costumes, make-up, and stories is consistently unique, clever, and properly funny. The audience cannot take their eyes off them, everyone is under their spell. An especially impressive example of their skill in clownery is a slow dance routine with a mop – a stunning piece of comedic choreography.
Cinemadrome has so many different ideas and transitions between skits that the show unfortunately loses a little coherence. Yet, Cabbage the Clown is one of a kind, and their debut hour is an exciting rollercoaster of queer joy that leaves you eager to see what they do next.
Cabbage the Clown: Cinemadrome, Underbelly, George Square, until 24 Aug (not 12, 19), 9.45pm