by Johnny Fox | May 14, 2014 | Cabaret
The thing about David Bedella is you’ve heard the name but can’t immediately place him: he even plays on this with cabaret audiences who aren’t sure where they’ve seen him. With his striking saturnine looks and rich and remarkable baritone you think he must be a...
by This Is Cabaret | May 8, 2014 | Cabaret, News
Variety performers in the UK complaining of TV stars encroaching on their patch should count themselves lucky. True, comedian Alexander Armstrong, Mad Men star Bryan Batt and astrologer Russell Grant are only recent entrants to cabaret over here but the story in the...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 29, 2014 | Burlesque, Cabaret, Circus, Variety
Seaside filth may be something of a British tradition but, thanks to a packed cabaret programme, Brighton will be dialling up the fun factor throughout May. So who would we see down by the sea? Bourgeois & Maurice: Sugartits Sometimes it feels that this twisted...
by Johnny Fox | Apr 6, 2014 | Cabaret, Reviews
Edith Giovanna Gassion known as Piaf died when I was ten. There can therefore be few audience members for tribute performances who heard her live other than those whose parents also carried their half-sleeping forms to a late concert. Yet as a performing icon she...
by Johnny Fox | Apr 1, 2014 | Cabaret, Circus
I blame Cirque du Soleil. Ever since they invented the glossy noisy empty brand that repackages hapless East European balancing acts into an £80-a-ticket oversell it has no longer been acceptable merely to don a pair of spangly tights to dance without a net upon the...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 19, 2014 | Cabaret, Features, Previews
From Mad Men to Crazy Coqs: TV star Bryan Batt will be performing in London as part of Crazy Coqs’ May/June line-up. Perhaps best known for his role as art director Salvatore Romano in the 1960s-set TV show but Bryan Batt has recently been adding new strings to...
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