by Alex Chappel | Mar 29, 2014 | Circus, Reviews
Raising the curtain on Circusfest 2014 is La Meute,a six-man celebration of the Russian Swing. Dressed only in unsecured towels, this acrobatic French sextet risk more than life and limb on this outsize piece of circus equipment. The eponymous troupe – whose name...
by Alex Chappel | Dec 4, 2013 | Circus, Reviews
Zippos Cirque Berserk, the evening counterpart of their Christmas Circus at Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland, returns to the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland with Tiki, a South American-themed adventure. With its often scantily clad cast and a £100 “VIP champagne box” option,...
by Alex Chappel | Mar 19, 2013 | Cabaret, Reviews, Supperclub
Three years ago, Shelley Goldstein achieved YouTube fame with with a pro-gay marriage song. She’s back with a short run in Soho restaurant Sergio’s. Shelly Goldstein has returned to London with a short run of Tuesday night gigs in a packed Downstairs At...
by Alex Chappel | May 17, 2012 | Reviews
Art, film, music and live entertainment meet in experimental soirée At Home with the Ludskis. Although they deliberately avoid the word “cabaret”, the show is a pertinent addition to the genre’s landscape, blurring the boundaries of variety and performance art. The...
by Alex Chappel | May 5, 2012 | Reviews
A raucously appreciative crowd packed out Madame Jojo’s last Wednesday to witness the latest in off-the-wall vaudeville spectacle from The Folly Mixtures Revue. At times you could have heard a pin drop, then jaws drop as the assembled audience oscillated between...
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