by This Is Cabaret | Dec 25, 2017 | Editorial, Videos
Last Christmas, we gave you our heart*. This Christmas, we have something else in mind. Put down that mince pie, switch off the TV for a few minutes and watch this. Yes, now. We’ll keep this short as you probably have oodles to do like Snapchatting your Christmas...
by This Is Cabaret | Dec 19, 2017 | Variety
Strap in: Slightly Fat Features are back in town with another thrill ride of a show. Slightly Fat Features’ Goronwy Thom is a man on a mission. Not the James Bond kind that usually involves bulk homicide, opportunistic sex and product placement galore, but one...
by This Is Cabaret | Oct 28, 2017 | Reviews
They say that reality is for those who lack imagination, drugs or Netflix. Or all three. But what do “they” really know? Earlier this year, cabaret’s answer to the Manson family celebrated ten years of selling out shows under the joint moniker of...
by This Is Cabaret | Oct 2, 2017 | Editorial
Happy Halloween cabaret creeps! Eerie evenings aplenty this month – and if you’re more cocktails and kicks than trick or treat, never fear – we’ve got you covered, too! Le Gateau Chocolat: Icons Walking the tightrope between his public and...
by This Is Cabaret | Oct 1, 2017 | Drag, News
Ahead of her upcoming UK tour, Bianca Del Rio is preparing to lay down some home truths to her UK fans. As the first Hispanic winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Bianca Del Rio already has her place in the history books. The Louisiana-born performer was well-known as...
by This Is Cabaret | Sep 26, 2017 | Editorial
We say goodbye to September and hello to Halloween Month with details of some of the great shows around London. The Underbelly Festival is reaching the vinegar strokes with some cracking shows but there’s plenty to see elsewhere. Miss Polly Rae: Between the...
by Ed Gosling | Sep 22, 2017 | Circus
Do you want to see sexy people doing dangerous things? Do you want to see dangerous people doing sexy things?” shouts compere Ophelia Bitz into the crowd – and this line more or less encapsulates the entirety of AirCraft Circus’s new show Boudoir Circus....
by Laurane Marchive | Sep 21, 2017 | Circus
To paraphrase Staged‘s strapline, everyone knows what circus is. Or do they? Appearing at Jackson’s Lane Theatre, Staged by acclaimed circus company Circumference is a piece about balance, uncertainty and perception. Created and directed by Pablo Meneu,...
by This Is Cabaret | Sep 19, 2017 | Editorial, Zingers
Kings of Clubs Kings of Clubs, South London’s first dedicated drag king night, makes its second appearance at the RVT, featuring more luminaries of the groundbreaking drag king scene after its inaugural outing in July. Hosted by King Frankie Sinatra, the show has a...
by Ed Gosling | Sep 17, 2017 | Reviews, Variety
After a hiatus of two years, the mordantly morbid This is Your Funeral returns to its spiritual home of Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club with a show full of in-jokes and nods to the audience. Weird, macabre, indecent and thoroughly silly, it’s a fun night...
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