FILM REVIEW: This Is Not A Dream

FILM REVIEW: This Is Not A Dream

What happens when some of the most creative cabaret artists like Dickie Beau and Vaginal Davis around explore the medium of video? Kate Kelsall investigates. “Trash is fun, crap is shit on the floor”  – Holestar DIY documentary This Is Not A Dream (directed by...
Review: Halbwelt Kultur

Review: Halbwelt Kultur

Continuing our series of specialist reviewers, we invited Susanna Fiore and Jess Sedler of The Ruby Dolls to assess another all-female Brecht-influenced troupe of singers. What did they think?   PK Productions’ Halbwelt Kulture is an exploration of seven of Weimar...
How Crazy Is Zippos Cirque Berserk?

How Crazy Is Zippos Cirque Berserk?

Zippos Cirque Berserk, the evening counterpart of their Christmas Circus at Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland, returns to the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland with Tiki, a South American-themed adventure. With its often scantily clad cast and a £100 “VIP champagne box” option,...
Review: Viva La Drag

Review: Viva La Drag

At This Is Cabaret, we believe that it takes one to know one and so we were honoured when Marc der Veer agreed to review  the West End hit Viva La Drag. Perhaps better known as Kris Del Vayze of internationally renowned Australian troupe Drags Aloud, der Veer took...
Review: Burlescapade

Review: Burlescapade

Can students from two competing schools ever come together to create something new? Can they shake off their diverse tutelage to perform on the same stage or will they always co-exist like star-crossed lovers who see each other across a darkened burlesque parlour...