by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 8, 2014 | Burlesque, Cabaret, Circus, Reviews
With all the Country-love going round since Dolly Parton’s appearance at Glastonbury earlier this year, Southern glamour-pusses The Wau Wau Sisters go down a treat in this Edinburgh Fringe Spiegeltent. Tragically for them (but luckily for us) they don’t always get...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 7, 2014 | Cabaret, Reviews, Spoken WOrd
So I did the festival thing. Met a guy, got chatting, found out he was in a show. I had a free spot in my schedule, and it looked interesting, so I thought I’d give it a go. This was one of those hit or miss moments… Thankfully, I landed on a hit. The...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 7, 2014 | Cabaret, Editorial, Features
“There’s always plenty to talk about when it comes to cabaret at the Fringe” This afternoon saw the launch of Edinburgh Fringe Festival‘s first Cabaret Chinwag – a kind of live chat show for anyone interested in the cabaret scene or, as...
by Franco Milazzo | Aug 4, 2014 | Cabaret, Features, Musical Comedy
As the saying goes, success has many fathers but failure is an orphan. The phenomenon that is the current cabaret scene has more fathers (and mothers and gender-transcending parents) than we have fingers but German composer Kurt Weill is possibly the grandaddy of them...
by This Is Cabaret | Jul 21, 2014 | Cabaret, Features
Last week, one of the grand dames of American entertainment passed away. In her long career, the American singer, actress and comedian Elaine Stritch partied with everyone from Judy Garland to Noel Coward via Frank Sinatra. Sadly, Stritch died on Thursday aged 89 in...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Jul 2, 2014 | Cabaret, Reviews, Variety
Time flies when you’re at a good cabaret, and Mavericks is one of the best. At over £200 a ticket it should be… Yes, Mavericks is Glastonbury Festival’s late night cabaret show, transforming the tent which, by day, presents the Poetry & Words...
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