Trocks o'clock

The Trocks are known for their glamorously camp and brilliantly witty dance shows Photograph: PR/PR

Since their formation in 1974, the Trocks have offered unique versions of classics from the dance repertoire Photograph: PR/PR

The Trocks are presenting two programmes for their two-week stint at London's Peacock theatre Photograph: PR/PR

Swan Lake is a highlight of the first programme Photograph: PR

The first programme also includes two London premieres; the second programme features Vivaldi Suite and the second act from Giselle Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Judith Mackrell gave the first programme four stars. 'The basic joke of men dancing in tutus has become, through their expert handling, one of the longest running gags in the theatre,' she wrote. 'But as the Trocks show in their opening London programme, their success is also based on a very artful mixing of the old and new' Photograph: Tristram Kenton

'They are funny not because they are good comedians (which they are, too), but because they are good dancers,' writes Judith Flanders on the Guardian's theatre blog Photograph: Tristram Kenton

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo are at the Peacock theatre, September 16 to October 4 2008 Photograph: Tristram Kenton