by This Is Cabaret | May 7, 2012 | Features
Bump-and-grinding, tassel twirling and shimmying may not be Olympic categories, but they’re far more fun to watch than table tennis and badminton. Chaz Royal’s international festival of burlesque starts today – only in London – pitching exotic dancers and striptease...
by Tricity Vogue | May 1, 2012 | Features
For their sci-fi themed revue, cabaret collective The Blue Stocking Society drafts photographer Gavin Mecaniques to send them into orbit. Every month the Blue Stocking Society collaborates with a photographer to conceive a themed photo for its monthly cabaret...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 30, 2012 | Features
Stand-up comedy may be all about outrage these days, but you won’t find a better destination to get your politically incorrect kicks than the variety arena. Last week had great treats in store for brave souls unafraid of a little edge in their entertainment, with a...
by Alita O'Ginn | Apr 27, 2012 | Features
For some time now, on my rounds of the great and the good of cabaret spectaculars, I have found that I dread the mention of burlesque. Not because I don’t like the art form: precisely because I love it. Will it be satirical? Will it be erotic? Or am I going to suffer...
by Myra DuBois | Apr 16, 2012 | Features
This week, I help Kiki Kaboom, the international burlesque performer, singer, host and cabaret star. Part sex kitten, part clown and all woman, she’ll be performing at the upcoming World Burlesque Games (7-13 May). Dear Myra, Everybody I know in burlesque...
by Franco Milazzo | Apr 11, 2012 | Burlesque, Features
Cabaret as a scene is growing every which way and This Is Cabaret is keeping a keen eye on the producers who are putting on new shows or even new types of shows. Howard Wilmot‘s Burlexe has taken burlesque in a new direction by bringing together award-winning...
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