by Katharine Kavanagh | Sep 20, 2014 | Circus, Editorial, Features, Reviews
Gone are the days of the three ring travelling circus in Britain but, last weekend, we caught up on three strands of the contemporary circus world under Zippos’ canvas. Zippos Circus have been touring this summer with a full length show titled Unchained. ...
by This Is Cabaret | Sep 18, 2014 | Features
There are only a few more weeks now until the London Wonderground shuts up shop for this year and takes its award-winning Spiegeltent with it. The pop-up venue on the South Bank has once again provided a fantastic festival of variety entertainment headlined by the...
by This Is Cabaret | Sep 16, 2014 | Features, Photos
To celebrate the Double R Club’s fifth birthday this Thursday, co-producers Benjamin Louche and Rose Thorne have shared some of their favourite images from photo book The Black Lodge, compiled by a mysterious regular patron of the Double R, known only as...
by This Is Cabaret | Sep 11, 2014 | Features, Musical Comedy, Previews
Next month, musical satirists Bourgeois & Maurice join forces with cabaret’s philosopher king David Hoyle for new show Middle Of Their Road in which the three never knowingly understated musicians will be bringing musical justice to a number of criminal records....
by This Is Cabaret | Sep 4, 2014 | Features
Joan Rivers, the grand dame of the barbed quip who was as divisive as she was talented, has died aged 81. At a young age, Rivers’ unconventional looks killed her dreams of being an actress. “I wasn’t pretty, and at that time you had to be an 8-by-10...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 29, 2014 | Circus, Editorial, Features
The end of summer may be in sight, but the UK is still kicking with circus shows to keep things hot. Here’s what’s what… The big news is that Canadian elite Les 7 Doigts De La Main (otherwise known simply as the “7 Fingers”) are...
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