Attend a cabaret in Paris

“The shows always start on time and as I sat there waiting to be transported to another land, the show started. It started innocently enough with lots of dancers entering the stage all dressed up. You have to see it to believe it. All the costumes are gorgeous and colorful with exquisite sequined designs and fascinating headgears. But then as the act progressed, I suddenly sat there shocked out of my wits. I can only blame myself but I did not know till I actually saw the frontal female nudity that this show was adult-themed. Yes, you can expect to see a lot of boobs [...] After I recovered from my initial shock, it was actually lots of fun. There was nothing trashy about the whole show and it was as classy as it can be.”

“Finally we reach the main hall and sit down at the table, and then the champagne arrives. And here a pleasant surprise awaited me. The cynical person inside me [...] was waiting for some cheap and questionable sparkling wine. Instead we got Moët & Chandon which was simply excellent and easily put us in the right mood. [...] While we were slightly perfumed, the lights went out and the show began. Dozens of male and female dancers appeared on stage and began to sing and dance almost non-stop for about two hours. The show consisted of a series of dances and songs, with each one of them presenting completely different scenery and clothes.”

“I will say that the stage moves around – that gap at the front where the people were dancing was suddenly filled by a stage and then I blinked and it was a gap again and then it reappeared and that happened throughout the show. [...] We had a contortionist who I swear didn’t have a spine, we had a double-act who did a similar thing but using a human support rather than a bar, and what I initially took to be a 90s boyband pastiche which turned out to be the most incredible superhuman double dutch skipping act.”