Devised by Mick Christo
Performed by Nick Christo
and Chrystal de Grussa
Downstairs at the Maj
7 – 10 September, 2011
Cabaret is an intimate
exchange between the performer and his audience, and when you're up that close
and personal, it helps a great deal if you like the person you’re watching.
There are a number of ways
this can happen, and the talent of the artist and the quality of the show are
only two of them. In the case of Nick Christo’s Well Swung, the third, and so
far best, of the Cabaret Soiree series downstairs at His Majesty’s Theatre, it
was his generosity that won me over. It was apparent from moment one that
Christo was going to struggle to tear our attention away from his side-kick,
the riveting Chrystal de Grussa, but, instead of relegating her to supporting
status, he gave her full rein, to the great benefit of the show.
