by Laura Cress | Mar 9, 2015 | Cabaret, Reviews
MC Jim Caruso and pianist Billy Stritch took London by storm on their debut night of Cast Party – the glitzy open mic night for cabaret and musicals flown over from the legendary Birdland Club in New York City and settling for just two nights at the Crazy Coqs. In...
by This Is Cabaret | Feb 28, 2015 | Cabaret, Features
Leonard Nimoy passed away yesterday aged 83. The veteran star of the small and the silver screen also dabbled in other arts not least photography and singing. He may be ridiculed for some of his musical choices but he had a fine deep voice which often brought out the...
by Johnny Fox | Feb 23, 2015 | Cabaret
If I’ve been to one compilation evening where a range of theatrical types repackage show tunes on the theme of “love, sex and relationships”, I’ve been to a hundred but the credentials of the two killer-diller headliners now trading as The Desperate Divas...
by Johnny Fox | Feb 19, 2015 | Cabaret, Reviews
Anne Reid’s father was a foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, reporting from India, Iran and Lebanon. She says she likes journalists, as long as they don’t write anything nasty about her. Spending an evening in her company at Crazy Coqs it would be...
by Nicola Rainbow | Nov 27, 2014 | Burlesque, Cabaret, Circus, Drag, Features, Reviews, Variety
This winter, despite the sudden and sad departure of Soho venue, Madame Jojo’s, the cabaret scene remains as vibrant and festive as it has done in past years. In fact, all it seems to be missing this year is a stocking filled with glitter and a Frisky &...
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...
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