by Tim MacAvoy | Apr 18, 2013 | Reviews, Variety
Take a twist of Bayou blues and British burlesque – then throw in a dead body. It’s party time. A New Orleans or “Jazz” funeral begins with a steady procession from the house of the deceased, mourners singing a dirge. African American Protestant...
by Sarah Jane O'Neill | Apr 16, 2013 | Reviews
A Stah turn that doesn’t quite go into orbit, Empress Stah in Space is an ambitious show that needs a bigger venue and more polish before it can fly. You know you’re watching a subversive piece of cabaret when you feel cheated that the lead performer’s butt plug...
by Nicola Rainbow | Apr 16, 2013 | Musical Comedy, Reviews
With his latest album Joe Black invites us on a gruesomely chilling trip to the underworld. With friends like Marcella Puppini, Aurelio Voltaire and Tiger Lillies’ Adrian Stout guesting on Joe Black’s Satan in a Sunday Hat, it’s no surprise to discover that this...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 14, 2013 | Photos, Reviews
Better than the old thing: two members of the defunct Boom Boom Club are outshining their past. Over the last few years, the Boom Boom Club epitomised the burgeoning London variety scene. On the one hand, they produced one of the finest supperclub experiences under...
by Ed Gosling | Apr 12, 2013 | Circus, Reviews, Theatre
A new collaboration between Tamasha and Circus Space is a strange multi-layered story of journeys and migrations. The Arrival is a reworking of Shaun Tan’s graphic novel of the same name in a collaboration between Tamasha and Circus Space. Four and a half years...
by Ed Gosling | Apr 12, 2013 | Circus, Reviews
No Fit State Circus return to the Roundhouse with Bianco, their first show since tabù, their 2009 smash hit. Anarchic, pure and powerful, No Fit State Circus’s new show Bianco will open your eyes to the potential for contemporary circus in this country in the...
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