by This Is Cabaret | Apr 6, 2016 | Drag, News
A year after The Black Cap closed its doors to the public, campaigners are planning a new protest outside the Camden LGBT+ venue to mark the sombre occasion and highlight their efforts to re-open it. This Saturday, a protest will mark the first anniversary of the...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 24, 2016 | Drag, Features, Previews
Festival tents may be the antithesis of cabaret’s usual urban haunts but this year’s Latitude line-up is an enticing prospect. The Latitude Festival will return to its usual Suffolk pitch from 14-17 July with its usual heady mix of music, poetry, theatre...
by Franco Milazzo | Feb 3, 2016 | Drag, Reviews
Self-described “action transvestite” Eddie Izzard has come a long way from his early days of performing on the cobbles of Covent Garden and his first gig at Balham’s Banana Cabaret. Three decades on, he has returned to the West End with Force Majeure:...
by This Is Cabaret | Feb 1, 2016 | Drag, Features
Brighton’s only drag king night launches its King Of The Fringe contest this week. Spread over three heats and a final, King Of The Fringe expands on last year’s competition with a new line-up of contestants and guest acts. The action kicks off this...
by Franco Milazzo | Nov 25, 2015 | Drag, Features
Next month, alt-drag producer and performer Scottee can be seen in Camp (As Christmas). He’ll be joined by a crew featuring Ginger Johnson who describes here her journey from the North-East to the capital. When I first moved to London in 2010, I took a job...
by This Is Cabaret | Nov 24, 2015 | Drag, Features, Interview
It’s an open secret that some this year’s finest cabaret acts have been seen not in supperclubs, speakeasies or variety nights but at the talent contests and festivals that have sprung up around the capital and beyond. Tronicat La Miez’s gloriously...
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