Le Gateau Chocolat

Overview

It's rare that a performer dressed in 160 pounds of false eyelashes and ostentatiously frothy tulle will be remembered primarily for mesmerising human stories rendered in an exquisite baritone voice, but Le Gateau Chocolat isn't your average larger-than-life operatic diva with a penchant for glittery lycra.

This Fringe Festival Sydney will be treated to a generous slice of Gateau when the operatic star of La Soiree returns to Sydney for his solo debut. Delivering moving renditions of songs branching everything from pop-rock and jazz to classical opera and fusing them with his own story, Le Gateau Chocolat manages to make the fact that he is a big Nigerian dude (one with a law degree, no less) dressed as a woman seem almost beside the point.

That isn't to say that the show will be without its share of unadulterated hilarity and kaleidoscopic visuals. With his incredible voice encased within a protean candy-coloured shell, Le Gateau Chocolat is as exquisitely beautiful on the outside as it is in spirit.