by Candace Chan | Sep 3, 2014 | Burlesque, Circus, Drag, Reviews
Briefs‘ reckons itself as “Rupaul’s Drag Race meets Cirque du Soleil” but I disagree. Whilst Briefs does display fierce trannies and acrobats, what they offer is something completely different. A performance troupe that dance around the borders...
by Johnny Fox | Sep 2, 2014 | Cabaret, Reviews
I met Quentin Crisp on his first book tour after John Hurt’s daring portrayal in the 1975 TV movie The Naked Civil Servant turned him into an overnight celebrity at the tender age of 66. What struck me was that off-stage he was gentle and charming and calm, but...
by Candace Chan | Sep 1, 2014 | Drag, Reviews
Halleloo! Whether you know her from RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant from seasons 2 and 3, as pimp-ho Shangela Laquifa Wadley or as the “Nancy Drew of Drag”, Shangela came to Meth Lab London and brought the party with her. If Meth Lab Presents: Shangela had...
by Ed Gosling | Aug 31, 2014 | Reviews
Notorious for a repertoire covering drugs, bestiality, blasphemy, sexual deviancy and the dark and dirty sides of life, Brechtian punk cbaret trio The Tiger Lillies are not for the faint of heart or those who like their album collection to have at least a veneer of...
by This Is Cabaret | Aug 30, 2014 | Reviews
On Saturday 11 October, Paul L Martin will be holding his second Cabaret Convention. The event will be held at the Proud Archivist and Excess All Areas’ supremo is inviting all and sundry within the cabaret industry in London and beyond to join him there. The...
by Franco Milazzo | Aug 22, 2014 | Burlesque, Reviews
Some people say “less is more”. Fools, the lot of them. The spacious Spiegeltent at London Wonderground is breathing new life into a number of shows usually found in far smaller cabaret venues including Madame Jojo’s House of Burlesque and Bethnal Green Working Men’s...
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