by Franco Milazzo | Nov 29, 2014 | News, Photos
If there is a silver lining to the demise of Madame Jojo’s, it is that it managed to bring the cabaret community together – and well before gin o’clock. A violent incident involving the club’s security staff just over a month ago led to the...
by This Is Cabaret | Nov 28, 2014 | Announcements, News
The Mimetic Festival currently going on under Waterloo station may be the last of this year’s festivals but it is certainly not the least. Over two weeks, the Vaults have been the host to over 20 different cabaret shows. Burlesque, drag, clowning, magic,...
by This Is Cabaret | Nov 27, 2014 | News, Variety
Last Friday. it was officially confirmed that Madame Jojo’s licence to thrill had been revoked by Westminster Council. The repercussions from a night of baseball bats and flying glass bottles mean that one of Soho’s iconic venues now faces closure and...
by This Is Cabaret | Nov 21, 2014 | Burlesque, Drag, News
Just after midnight on Friday 24 October, security staff at legendary Soho venue Madame Jojo’s and sister club Escape were involved in a violent incident. As seen on CCTV, bouncers pulled baseball bats hidden in black bin liners to take on assailants throwing...
by This Is Cabaret | Oct 1, 2014 | Drag, Musical Comedy, News
South London cabaret institution the Royal Vauxhall Tavern has been sold. There has been uncertainty for some time but the current joint owner James Lindsay has provided some details of its future direction in a lengthy statement published yesterday. In it, he...
by This Is Cabaret | Sep 21, 2014 | Drag, News
This week, the relationship between Facebook and many of its users went from “like” to “it’s complicated”. Although the policy has been in place for some time, the social network has declared that it will now be clamping down on those who it suspects are not using...
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