by This Is Cabaret | Dec 24, 2015 | Editorial, Features
“Man goes to doctor. Says he’s depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, “treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go...
by This Is Cabaret | Dec 11, 2015 | Features
Hi guys. Virgin Xtravaganzah here. What. A. Fucking. Year. This. Has. Been! 2015 was, generally speaking, totes amazeballs. It started for me with the end of 2014, which might sound a little early, but I’m going somewhere with this. You see, it was about then...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Dec 5, 2015 | Circus, Editorial, Features
My Christmas season begins tonight with the Mary Bijou Cabaret and Social Club‘s Christmas Bauble in Cardiff, but wherever you are this December, there are plenty of circus sparkles to put you in the festive spirit. The Hyde Park Winter Wonderland is still going...
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...
by This Is Cabaret | Nov 19, 2015 | Drag, Features, Interview
Both in the guise of his award-winning alter ego Myra DuBois and as a writer, director and actor, Gareth Joyner has made an indelible mark on London’s cabaret scene. His acid-tongued drag queen’s bon mots may be pitiless and cutting but, truly, many of...
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