Legendary St Petersburg clown company Licedei return to the Hackney Empire with their critically acclaimed production The Family. Join the craziest, funniest family you've ever seen! Children and adults alike will be enthralled, delighted and suprised as one of the world's greatest physical theatre companies turns the ancient art of clowning on its head!

 
"Exhilarating stuff.....You should seek out this show, and bring the kids along" Edinburgh Guide

The Family is a magnificent theatrical and comical portrait of a zany, disfuctional family. Their lives are a ceaseless power struggle between an alcoholic father ever threatening to leave, a pregnant mother ever threatening to deliver, and their gang of barmy brats threatening to clobber both parents for their failings!

"The show's climax is unprecedented and astonishing, a final treat guaranteed to send everyone away with a big grin." The Scotsman ****

"From Russia with laughs.....played brilliantly" **** The Times. Read the full reveiw

Watch The Family trailer

 

What our audiences say.

"My daughter and I wanted to thank you very much… We both hugely enjoyed the performance – a real experience and very professionally done… We will certainly tell all our friends to go and see it". Denis – London 10th Sept 2008

"Thought it was absolutely fantastic and glad to see The Empire programming work like this... We will be sure to recommend the show to everyone we know". Kaveh, London 10th Sept