by This Is Cabaret | May 15, 2014 | Reviews
This week sees the start of the latest London Burlesque Festival. Running over the next couple of weeks, many of its shows have already sold out and its wall-to-wall marketing blitz may mean some other fabulous shows around the capital will fly under the radar during...
by This Is Cabaret | May 5, 2014 | Reviews
It is not just the Sunday broadsheets who get to do serialisations. In our first foray into autobiographical recounting, we present three chapters from Zoe Charles’ debut comedy show Memoirs Of A Slutsky. Possibly better known as Lady Cheek, the burlesque...
by This Is Cabaret | May 2, 2014 | Reviews
Vaguely evoking images of Nick Cave boning both Serge Gainsborough and Jane Birkin on a hazy Parisian afternoon, Ma Cherie is the debut single from brainy burlesquer Lola The Vamp and is officially released this month. The last time we spoke to her, the Australian...
by Victoria Carlin | Apr 30, 2014 | Circus, Reviews
In their debut show Triptych, circus company Bikes and Rabbits demonstrate an unusual affinity with objects. Where a heeled shoe appears, solo performer Alice Allart sees a swinging club, a head of lettuce becomes a rhythmic gymnastics ball. Oddity inhabits this...
by Ed Gosling | Apr 28, 2014 | Circus, Reviews
Part lecture, part performance, Beta Testing is full of in-jokes and geeky reference points, but told in an inclusive way that makes sure the audience is at all times part of the action. Much of the show is proving to the audience that there is no trick in the tricks,...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Apr 25, 2014 | Circus, Reviews, Theatre
Appearing at the Roundhouse as part of Circusfest 2014, Puffball is a complicated show to critique, as it was developed partly as a social circus project, and partly as a professional production. There is an apparent theatrical naivety to much of the direction, giving...
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