by This Is Cabaret | Mar 19, 2014 | Features, Interview, Musical Comedy
Not just a pretty face: Irish musical comedians will be performing at the Globe at the end of this month. The Rubberbandits will be appearing at the Globe on 30 and 31 March. Calling the Rubberbandits a pair of plastic bag-wearing lunatics from Limerick barely does...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 13, 2014 | Circus, Features, Videos
We love circus. We love cats. We’re not fans of animal circuses but in the case of these cheeky Acro-Cats, we’ll happily make an exception. Why? Well, have a look and see for yourself. Roll VT. Hat-tip to Buzzfeed for bringing Samantha Martin and her...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 12, 2014 | Features, Variety
More than a century before cabaret mushroomed into its current state of engorgement, music hall was keeping the masses entertained with a variety format familiar to many modern audiences. In those golden days, comedy, burlesque and vaudeville happily co-existed...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 6, 2014 | Burlesque, Features
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Another comedian ripping into burlesque for cheap laughs. After Alexander Armstrong did it last year, Tom Taylor wrote in an unflattering manner about an unnamed boylesquer last month. Last week, though, another comic took it a step...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 6, 2014 | Features, Previews
With its official opening just over a month away, a few more names have been announced for Udderbelly as well as the name of another major show making a return to its sister venue the London Wonderground’s Spiegeltent. A raft of world-class attractions have...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 4, 2014 | Features, Interview, Variety
Given how few shows around London make it to their decennial, talent soiree Cheese ‘n’ Crackers is on its way to becoming a cabaret institution. We speak to its producer, Paul L Martin. There’s busy and then there’s busy. When he’s not...
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