by This Is Cabaret | Aug 12, 2015 | Features
The Independent may have their view on burlesque but we would be surprised if their columnist Imogen Harris popped in to see Elsie Diamond’s Edinburgh Fringe show The Sensible Dresser. If Harris did, she would have seen a performer who was more than...
by This Is Cabaret | Aug 11, 2015 | Features, News, Video
After a £2 million National Lottery-funded restoration project, East London’s historic Hoxton Hall is due to open later this year with “contemporary variety” being its stated mantra. The Grade II* listed Hoxton Hall is one of Britain’s few surviving...
by This Is Cabaret | Jul 24, 2015 | Magic, News
“Pick a card. Any card. Look at it. Remember what it says. Don’t tell me what it is. It says ‘when did magic become safe and boring?’. Am I right?” Magic is not safe and boring, at least not in the right hands. Our shores boasts some...
by This Is Cabaret | Jul 22, 2015 | Features
When the committee behind Glasgow Free Pride announced last week that there would be a blanket ban on drag performers, there wasn’t enough internet to go round for all the outrage that move generated. Putting the “cross” into cross-dressing, drag...
by This Is Cabaret | Jul 21, 2015 | Drag, Video
First impressions are everything. Within moments of meeting people, you decide all sorts of things about them, from status to intelligence to promiscuity. Princeton researchers found that people decide on trustworthiness in a tenth of a second. Another study suggested...
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