by Mia Boum Boum | Jun 16, 2014 | Reviews
There are few more fitting surroundings than a 1920s-style Spiegeltent on London’s South Bank on a summer’s night for an evening of burlesque. Whether sat in the booths around the circumference of the venue or in the stalls, the mirror-lined big top is a perfect place...
by Johnny Fox | Jun 13, 2014 | Reviews
I think my affaire with Marcel Lucont may be over. This was our third date – a thrilling quickie at Alternative Eurovision was followed by a longer more impassioned evening together soon after, but one year on during which time he didn’t phone, he didn’t write, this...
by This Is Cabaret | Jun 9, 2014 | Circus, Reviews
The award-winning acrobatic show A Simple Space, from Australian circus ensemble Gravity & Other Myths, made its London premiere at the Udderbelly Festival last week. It focuses on the use of space – not only the space on the stage, but the space between...
by This Is Cabaret | Jun 8, 2014 | Reviews
The judges have judged and the results are now in. Who were the winners at this year’s Burlesque Hall of Fame? What goes on in Vegas sometimes has international significance: the Burlesque Hall Of Fame is the premiere competition in the world for this artform...
by Laura Cress | Jun 5, 2014 | Cabaret, Reviews
After a stint at the Crazy Coqs last August, the Batt is back. No, not Christian Bale in another Christopher Nolan instalment of rubber-clad and gruff-voiced comic book histrionics but Bryan Batt, known to some as Mad Men’s Sal Romano and, judging from his latest...
by Sara Cluderay | May 25, 2014 | Musical Comedy, Reviews
A masterclass in the art of post-modern cabaret from the Australian-born chanteuse. The self-styled post-post-modern diva Meow Meow’s unique brand of “kamikaze cabaret” and performance art exotica returns to the Southbank, following last year’s concert with the London...
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