Fringe Review: The Curious Couple from Coney

Fringe Review: The Curious Couple from Coney

If Coney Island is the Vatican of sideshow grotesquery, The Curious Couple from Coney are nothing less than cardinals. Comprising human blockhead Donny Vomit and sword swallower Heather Holliday of New York touring revue Pretty Things Peepshow, the couple’s eponymous...
Fringe Review: La Clique Royale

Fringe Review: La Clique Royale

The beast has been dormant long enough. After a nine-month season at London’s legendary Hippodrome Casino in 2009, the Olivier-award-winning revue that ushered in the current cabaret revival returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, its august birthplace. La Clique...
Fringe Review: Midnight Kabarett

Fringe Review: Midnight Kabarett

If there’s one thing the cabaret programme of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe proves, it’s that variety shows do not translate easily into the one-hour format. Casual and unassuming, Midnight Kabarett continues a four-year tradition of gathering national stars and...
Fringe Review: It’s Not Easy Being Yellow

Fringe Review: It’s Not Easy Being Yellow

In less than two years making the rounds of British cabaret with her uproarious indecent ditties, musical comic Ria Lina has quickly risen to the pantheon of ukulele royalty. It’s Not Easy Being Yellow, her solo debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, laughs at...
Fringe Review: Auntie Myra’s Fun Show

Fringe Review: Auntie Myra’s Fun Show

What are destitute cabaret artists to do when the recession hits and they need to make a quick buck? Regardless of what society may think, Myra DuBois is not afraid to resort to the unthinkable: children’s parties. This being Ms. DuBois, what follows is a string of...