by Tricity Vogue | Apr 9, 2012 | Features
All the glamour and fabulousness you see on a cabaret stage has to come from somewhere. Where it comes from, generally, is a wheelie-bag. Yes, those very wheelie-bags that you bash your shins against on the tube, when you’re trying to dart cleverly between more...
by Franco Milazzo | Apr 6, 2012 | Features, Musical Comedy
Talent shows don’t just have to be on the small screen. After 11 heats, this year’s Musical Comedy Awards come to a crescendo tomorrow (Saturday) night at the Bloomsbury Theatre. Judges including Time Out’s Comedy Editor Ben Williams and cabaret...
by Myra DuBois | Apr 6, 2012 | Features
Hiya. Let’s get down to business. Speaking frankly, I’ve been around the block. London may be in the midst of a Cabaret (with a C) boom right now, and I love Kander and Ebb as much as the next person, but I can pre-date that. I’ve been in show-business for years. I...
by Franco Milazzo | Apr 2, 2012 | Features
Someone had to do it, and do it right: it’s high time London’s cabaret, burlesque and circus performers had a website of their own to cover the richest arts circuit in the UK. We’re ThisIsCabaret.com. That’s what we do. We’ve been doing it for...
by C.J. Lazaretti | Apr 2, 2012 | Features
It’s in the news, the movies and, more importantly, in arts listings everywhere: cabaret and burlesque are definitely big. But they’re also easy to take for granted. Are the two words synonyms? What about variety? Or circus? Or drag? Never fear: This Is Cabaret is...
by C.J. Lazaretti | Apr 1, 2012 | Features
Social reformers have one less reason to worry about Soho: after a year’s reign on the prestige Thursday night spot at Madame Jojo’s, Bête Noire has been put to sleep. The black beast was London’s foremost showcase for raunchy burlesque and politically incorrect...
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