by Franco Milazzo | May 22, 2013 | Cabaret, Features, Interview
Like many other cabaret performers, Nigel Osner is no stranger to wigs and gowns. The ex-barrister will be playing at Crazy Coqs on 28 May. Although a legal background is not a prerequisite for success in cabaret, neither is it unheard of: burlesque star Bettsie...
by This Is Cabaret | May 21, 2013 | Cabaret, Features
If your concept of drag starts and stops with Lily Savage and RuPaul, say hello to the rather swanky Miss Hope Springs. The life of Miss Hope Springs has been eventful, to say the least, with marriage failures, celebrity flings and a career that has taken her from the...
by Damsel Sophie | May 15, 2013 | Cabaret, Features
London is not short on beautiful and glamorous cabaret singers. For some in the audience, it may seem an impossible dream that, some day, you will be dating one of their number. Persevere, though, and you will reap many rewards. There are at least five… Everyone...
by Johnny Fox | May 15, 2013 | Cabaret, Drag, Reviews
It’s an old joke to suggest drag queens are “big down under” but Trevor Ashley’s production credits suggest he’s packin’ antipodean theatrical heat. In his native Australia, he played 600 performances as the curtain-raising Miss Understanding in Priscilla Queen of...
by Johnny Fox | May 14, 2013 | Cabaret, Reviews
Jerry Springer The Opera‘s plump poledancer Shawntel, the irrepressible Alison Jiear delivers a powerhouse crowdpleaser at the St James’s clubby Studio. In 1988 my Antipodean workmate took me to a show featuring the music of the 60s Girl Groups called...
by Johnny Fox | May 11, 2013 | Cabaret, Drag, Reviews
As a gay man whose formative clubbing years were in the glamour-obsessed 80s, drag ought to be right up my (Danny La) Rue, “dear”, but it just isn’t. Never was. Even now I can’t see the irony in tipping up to a Soho bar in colourful wig, eyeliner and...
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