by This Is Cabaret | Feb 17, 2016 | Cabaret, News
We may be only six weeks into 2016 but it looks like another established Soho cabaret space may be heading for the exit, at least in its current form. The Crazy Coqs Cabaret & Jazz Club is one of the few remaining rooms in London that has dedicated its bill...
by Johnny Fox | Dec 7, 2015 | Cabaret, Reviews
She’s at it again. Not content with stripping the bones and sinews of Jacques Brel, Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley, the ‘Silent Witness’ of the cabaret circuit Barb Jungr now forensically dissects and reconstructs the Beatles. It has become a cliché to say that ‘she...
by Johnny Fox | Oct 1, 2015 | Cabaret, Reviews
‘Wanna Sing a Show Tune’ starts Michael Feinstein, cementing a career which has stretched across thirty years of meticulous analysis and delivery of the entire catalogue of the ‘Great American Songbook’ – a songbook which, he tells his British audiences, is truly...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 19, 2015 | Cabaret, Reviews
Walking into the Spiegeltent on this sunny Edinburgh morning, I’m greeted by the sight and sounds of a roomful of people producing jazz-hands to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. About half are under 5 and the remainder cover the spectrum of carers and family members...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 18, 2015 | Cabaret, Editorial, Features
Every Thursday this festival season, Ben Walters – previous Cabaret Editor at Time Out, and now reviewer for The Scotsman and blogger at nottelevision.net – will be hosting the Chinwag, a panel session with some of the top performers at this year’s...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 18, 2015 | Cabaret, Reviews
My festival treat to myself, I caught Camille O’Sullivan performing on her brief six day stand at the Fringe singing the songs of Jaques Brel, known for his masterful ability to capture the human condition. The stage in the town hall venue is waiting under...
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