by Sara Cluderay | Nov 12, 2013 | Reviews, Variety
For a number of years, White Mischief has transformed Kings Cross’ The Scala into a macabre night-time playground, with four rooms of All Hallows-related mayhem, magic and music. This year, the theme is “Births, Marriages and Deaths, and the venue is (as usual)...
by Valentina Rock | Nov 8, 2013 | Burlesque, Musical Comedy, Reviews
Few cities around the world can effortlessly blend past, present and future together like London can. Inspired by the American Prohibition era, S.S. Atlantica invites its audience to step into a vintage playground. Thankfully, the entrance point to this world is not...
by Helen Whitcher | Nov 6, 2013 | Circus, Reviews
It’s been 50 years since Gerry Cottle ran away with the circus. Since then he has enjoyed huge success with his own travelling big top, which has been bringing good old fashioned extravagant circus action to towns across the UK. WOW! brings together a...
by Kerry Fitzgerald | Nov 2, 2013 | Drag, Reviews
The atmosphere fizzes with excitement as the Hackney Empire fills up with fancy dressers preparing themselves for the London Gay Men’s Chorus Halloween Ball. The stage lies almost bare but for a pink bed. As the anticipation grows I sense the stage filling behind the...
by Nicola Rainbow | Oct 31, 2013 | Burlesque, Reviews
Rian Hughes, a graphic novel illustrator best known for his work on 2000AD and the Marvel comics, sketches London burlesque performers. Rian Hughes opens Soho Dives, Soho Divas by describing his first trip to private members’ club Soho House to attend a...
by Sarah Jane O'Neill | Oct 28, 2013 | Cabaret, Reviews
Love songs, but not as you know them. Barb Jungr gives her own twist on love and loss in a fearless reinterpretation of some well-known classics. As a singer incapable of a hackneyed interpretation, Barb Jungr‘s gift to turn a lyric on its head is used to good...
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