by Candace Chan | Jul 23, 2014 | Drag, Reviews
American drag superstar Sharon Needles and her PG13 tour is turning UK venues into “haunted houses”. Candace Chan was at Brighton’s Club Revenge to witness the spooky goings-on. As part of her global PG13 tour, American drag superstar Sharon Needles descended on one...
by This Is Cabaret | Jul 15, 2014 | Drag, News
The regular Monday drag show at the legendary Cellardoor is to get a nip, tuck and facelift from next week. Thanks to the likes of Conchita Wurst, La Voix and London Live’s Drag Queens Of London, drag has never been more popular it seems and one of its more...
by David Lloyd-Davies | Jul 1, 2014 | Drag, Musical Comedy, Reviews
Spit or Soileau? Possibly as a result of Channel 4’s longrunning Eurotrash and its normalisation of bizarre sexuality and London’s burgeoning performance art scene, it seems that we’re becoming a difficult crowd to shock. In the last two months alone, I’ve seen a...
by This Is Cabaret | Jun 23, 2014 | Drag, Features
Guest columnist Ragina offers her thoughts on modern drag. Will 2014 be remembered as one of the best in the history of London drag? At the Black Cap, The Meth Lab is doing a great job of pulling some of the most famous cross-dressers from the UK and the US, new TV...
by Kate Kelsall | May 20, 2014 | Drag, Reviews
Le Gateau Chocolat is renowned as a sumptuous, decadent treat: his monumental yet playful stage presence, that rich, emotional earthquake of a voice, the beard and, not least, all that lycra. Yet those who have followed his performative trajectory will know that this...
by This Is Cabaret | Feb 27, 2014 | Drag, Features, Interview
Fresh from hosting the London Cabaret Awards, Rotherham’s favourite daughter steps up to the mike for her new single. What we would have given to see the acerbic Myra DuBois host the dullest of dull-arse Brits last week. The ex-barmaid from somewhere north of...
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