Two words for the cast of LaSoiree ‘Encore! Encore!’.

The award-winning variety show LaSoiree returns to the Perth Fringe Festival for a third season with a fresh line-up of dazzling, jaw-dropping and gasp-worthy acts, entwined with a couple of old favourites who Perth are delighted to see back. If a night with the loveable Norwegian nerd, Captain Froddo or the chiselled torso and steel biceps of Hamish McCann don’t sound like a rip roaring night of entertainment then you better go back to your bars, temples, massage parlours…

The grand Edith Speigeltent (named after the University that is sponsoring it and not the great PIAF herself), has relocated this year to Cathedral Square, nudged between the new City of Perth Library and St Georges Cathedral. I do hope churchgoers, do not mistake the entrance of the spiegeltent for the church, as instead of learning about the seven deadly sins, they may find themselves witnessing more than a few played out before their eyes.  It’s naughty, its nude, its NOT for the prude.

The larger than life characters of LaSoiree perform their eccentric acts on a stage not much bigger than the silver dollar tapped upon in 42nd Street, providing not only a very intimate experience between actor and audience, but also (in the case of one particular act) a moment where performers can physically see the people in the front row turn blue as they hold their collective breaths, silently praying that nobody loses their grip or they may be face to groin with a flying roller skater.

Words can never suitably define the brilliance of the acts involved in LaSoiree. If I tell you, there is a hula hooper, a dancer on a disco ball, a woman with a voice like Tina Turner on steroids and a body that Barbie would be envious of, and a double act that’s routine consists of costume changes and the consumption of a banana, you might just shrug your shoulders and say ‘It doesn’t sound like my thing.’ But add, a man who can fit his whole body through a tennis racket, a naked magician with a very special hiding place for her red hanky and a man in stilettos and a lycra bunny suit and I may just peek your interest.

The LaSoiree family have come together from all over the world; Russia, New Orleans, America, Norway and England to perform their 90 minute show, which will not only leave you a little breathless, but may, like me, leave you pondering the question ‘How on earth do you even discover you have a talent like that?’

Whether you are contemplating your first outing to LaSoiree or you are a seasoned devotee, I guarantee you will leave the spiegeltent with a smile on your face and the strange realisation that you may never be able to look at a banana the same way ever again.

La Soiree is on in Perth until 26 February at multiple performance times. Check the Fringe World Festival website for details and bookings.