Midnight Tango is a theatrical show by leading UK and former World Argentine Tango Show champions, starring the likeable professional dancing duo on Strictly Come Dancing – Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone.
With a large cast of international tango artists, the first thing that strikes you is the tremendous set designed by Morgan Large, of an authentic Buenos Aires bar.
Slowly the cast appear, first the middle-aged bar owners, neatly played for subtle laughs by actors Tricia Deighton and Teddy Kempner; then the couples arrive, pick tables, order drinks and start to dance.
Some tango shows choose to tell ‘the story of tango’; others, like this, are scenes from a Buenos Aires bar, usually in that vague romantic period around the early-middle twentieth century – the men in suits and ties with braces and trilbys, the women in smart day separates or cocktail dresses. This is all very nicely established, creating interesting tableaux and with competent tango dancing but this is very much Vincent and Flavia’s show and proceedings brighten up considerably when the two stars finally make their entrance.
Fantastic show, well worthe seeing...