From the creators of LIMBO – seen last year at Wonderground’s Spiegeltent – and some of the minds behind Madonna’s Rebel Heart Tour, Blanc de Blanc arrives at the atmospheric Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square ready to tease, wow and entertain with a glamourous premise: what makes a good champagne?

This perfect mix between cabaret, varieties and circus – introduced by MC Monsieur Roméo – unfolds easily and flows like a good vintage. Less circus-charged than LIMBO, Blanc de Blanc has a delightful cabaret flavour that makes it more appropriate for the venue, and more prone to comedy and arty choreography. It is also quite an adult show, so expect nudity in imaginative (and provocative!) ways.

The circus sections are dominated by Masha Terentieva and Shun Sugimoto. Terentieva wows with an acrobatic number on a hotel luggage cart and with hula hoops, showing an incredible physical power and flexibility. Sugimoto is a contortionist who tangles and untangles himself in impossible ways, adopting gasp-inducing after gasp-inducing postures. An aerial act over a bubble Jacuzzi by Milena Straczynski and Hampus Jansson is intense and absolutely beautiful to watch. With companies like Cirque du Soleil under their belts, these acrobats are superbly skilled and give the show an edge-of-your-seat atmosphere, up close and personal.

Blanc de Blanc is also a cabaret show that defies labels. Teases, partial and full nudity and a ton of sass makes for hilarious numbers, like a lip-synced ‘I Will Survive’ by Emma Maye Gibson (aka Betty Grumble). She is a rollercoaster of fun and seriously full of surprises. J’Aimime and Laura New are also flawless performers and gave the show entertainment and a great amount of sexiness (and balloons). Quite possibly the craziest performance of the evening, Spencer Novich gave his best clown in short bursts of electrifying energy, while playing the naïve character opposing Monsieur Roméo’s pompous glamour. Underpinning the cabaret component of the show, costumes are well worth mentioning. Designed by James Browne, they are both contemporary and classic cabaret and burlesque attires, which made the whole experience a stunning vintage ball.

A full evening of entertainment, Blanc de Blanc delivers: it is funny, impressive, sexy and joyful. It boasts acrobatics, dance, clown, comedy and physical theatre (and a bit of audience participation) in a seamless flow. A fantastic show worthy of the Hippodrome, sometimes reminiscent of cabaret shows of the twenties, and sometimes dire and obscene. Once the cork is popped, the smile won’t leave your face.

Blanc de Blanc is playing at the Hippodrome Casino until August 28. For more information and tickets, see the Hippodrome Casino website.