Le Gateau Chocolat
Le Gateau Chocolat’s work spans drag, cabaret, opera, musical theatre, children’s theatre and live art. His bewitching baritone has been heard in previous works Le Gateau Chocolat (2011), I Chocolat (2012), In Drag (2013 Royal Festival Hall commission) and BLACK (2014 Homotopia commission), which toured with music ensemble Psappha in 2017. His children’s show Duckie premiered at the Southbank Centre in 2016, and was included in the Guardian’s ‘6 of the Best Shows for Children’ of the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show, which introduces young people to the ideas of otherness, tolerance and self-acceptance, has been presented at Theatre Royal Stratford East, Wales Millennium Centre, Roundhouse, Contact Theatre and across venues in the South East of England.Le Gateau Chocolat’s work in theatre includes working at the National in Rufus Norris’ production of Threepenny Opera. Feste in Emma Rice’s final visionary production of Twelfth Night at The Globe (2017) Effigies of Wickedness – Songs banned by the Nazis (2018) a co production between the Gate Theatre and English National Opera. Daddy Brubeck for the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Sweet Charity (2019) alongside Beverly Knight & Clive Rowe. He also appeared as part of Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: The First Act at London’s Barbican Theatre (2019), Basement Jaxx & Metropole Orkest, Barbican. And as a featured cast member of two-time Olivier Award winning cabaret and circus; La Clique and La Soiree.
Shows featuring these artists
Duckie
SEPT 26 & OCT 2 | 2:00 PM
ONLINE STREAM / HISTORIC THEATRE
Critically acclaimed cabaret star Le Gateau Chocolat’s first work for children and families is a reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling.
ONLINE STREAM / HISTORIC THEATRE
Critically acclaimed cabaret star Le Gateau Chocolat’s first work for children and families is a reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling.