by Johnny Fox | Oct 1, 2014 | Cabaret, Reviews
Despite a grand revival of Fings Ain’t What They Used T’Be at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, Lionel Bart seems to have dropped out of favour. In the 50s he was the hell raising wunderkind of both pop and musical theatre, firmly cementing his success...
by Johnny Fox | Sep 12, 2014 | Cabaret, Reviews
Oooh, Christina Bianco, aren’t you a fierce little bundle of talent? Afflicted, in her own words, with an ability and an enthusiasm to sing almost any style of music from a very young age, she’s blossomed into an entertainer whose capability is both formidable, and...
by Johnny Fox | Sep 10, 2014 | Cabaret
There’s a late-night BBC Four TV series where people from some affinity group of senior citizens like Vicars, Jews or Liverpudlians simply ‘Telling Jokes’. When they get to ‘Old Doctors’, these chaps will be a shoe-in. I wanted to see Instant Sunshine...
by Johnny Fox | Sep 2, 2014 | Cabaret, Reviews
I met Quentin Crisp on his first book tour after John Hurt’s daring portrayal in the 1975 TV movie The Naked Civil Servant turned him into an overnight celebrity at the tender age of 66. What struck me was that off-stage he was gentle and charming and calm, but...
by Johnny Fox | Jun 13, 2014 | Reviews
I think my affaire with Marcel Lucont may be over. This was our third date – a thrilling quickie at Alternative Eurovision was followed by a longer more impassioned evening together soon after, but one year on during which time he didn’t phone, he didn’t write, this...
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