by Jide Salami | Sep 25, 2013 | Circus, Drag, Reviews
This month, Australian circus sensation Briefs builds on its summer successes at the Edinburgh Fringe with a welcome return to the London Wonderground. The new show, aptly named The Second Coming, was acclaimed by the critics and the audience alike; it was nominated...
by This Is Cabaret | Sep 24, 2013 | Reviews
From the folk behind Torture Garden and Bourne and Hollingworth comes the latest edition of their vintage and fetish themed events. Last Saturday night, Downtown Abbey got deep down and dirty with Fifty Shades in the subterranean vault that is the Bloomsbury Ballroom...
by Sarah Jane O'Neill | Sep 16, 2013 | Reviews
Now that’s what we call Alchemy. Ali McGregor’s unique brand of magic uncovers the vein of gold in the poptastic hits of the 80s and 90s. If alchemy is the art of turning base metal into gold, Ali McGregor’s first solo London show at the London Wonderground...
by This Is Cabaret | Sep 12, 2013 | Reviews
Big fat meh, Mercury Prize. Bollocks to you, Brit Awards. Take this and party, Turner Prize. The New York Burlesque Festival may well be the most entertaining major arts awards ceremony this year. “And the winner for Best Blah Blah Blah goes to Whats-Her-Name!...
by Franco Milazzo | Sep 11, 2013 | Reviews
Video may have killed the radio star but it is busy giving cabaret ones a spectacular new lease of life. Step forward, Christina Bianco. American singer Christina Bianco is no novice to the cabaret singing lark. Born “three minutes outside New York City”,...
by Mia Boum Boum | Sep 9, 2013 | Burlesque, Reviews, Variety
Chrys Columbine’s new show is cut-glass with the occasional shard of crystal. Chrys Columbine (c) Tim Draper Leah Debrincat (c) Tim Draper Joe Morose and Chrys Columbine (c) Mark Thomas This evening’s performance, at a packed-out Hippodrome Casino, begins in...
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