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WEST END BARES

01/09/13: Last Sunday West End Bares returned to the Café de Paris for its annual parade of hot dance and performance in aid of the MADTrust, raising money for people living with HIV and AIDS. Now in its fourth successful year, the West End’s hottest performers bared their flesh in slick, choreographed routines around the fun fair theme for ‘All the Fun of the Bare’.

Presented in association with Nair, the two shows played to packed enthusiastic audiences guided expertly through the night by the comedic brilliance of Mr Brian Conley and the always fabulous and sparkly Jane McDonald, who herself collected plenty of cash on stage during the now infamous ‘Rotation’.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the night came when Strictly’s Robin Windsor, ‘dared to bare’, egged on by two of his co-hosts and ex-celebrity dancing partners; Lisa Riley and Anita Dobson. As cash flew into the collections bucket, Robin’s clothes flew off, and all in the best possible taste. Wicked’s Harriet Thorpe was the ‘Official Padding Inspector’ and we were treated to a catwalk from the charities Pants Project, which this year has seen 10 west end show wardrobe departments and celebrities such as Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Graham Norton and Joanna Lumley, customised and signed boxer shorts that are now on eBay.

The last word of the night however went to the Artistic Director, Darren Carnall who said, “West End Bares is a chance for the finest performers, technicians, choreographers and costumiers to come together, raise funds for a great cause and show why British Theatre continues to be amongst the best in the world.”

Café de Paris, 3-4 Coventry Street, Piccadilly Circus, W1D 6BL
Words and photos by Chris Jepson

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