Hackney Empire

The Family

9 September 2008 - 27 September 2008

Venue: Main House

Price(s): £15.50, £17.50 £19.50 £25

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

Legendary St Petersburg clown company Licedei present 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!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 ****