Review: The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein’s Splat!

Review: The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein’s Splat!

It’s not often you come out of a gig thinking “what just happened in there” but the overload of “The Famous” Lauren Barri Holstein’s cabaret circus, part of the Spill Festival at the Barbican, is designed to confuse and confront. Unable to analyse whilst...
Review: The Velma Celli Show

Review: The Velma Celli Show

Taking inspiration from Broadway and the hit parade, Velma Celli’s musical extravaganza hits all the right notes. Velma Celli knows how to make an entrance. The minute she walks in the joint, all could see she was a girl of distinction, a truly big singer. Good...
Review: Mat Ricardo’s London Varieties

Review: Mat Ricardo’s London Varieties

Moving from its East End origins to a plush West End venue, Mat Ricardo’s variety-cum-chat show goes from strength to strength. Debuting last year at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, the show from gentleman juggler Mat Ricardo has retained its winning...
Review: The Cheek Of It’s The Bad Bunny Ball

Review: The Cheek Of It’s The Bad Bunny Ball

The Bad Bunny Ball features ten first-time dancers as well as some more seasoned graduates from The Cheek of It burlesque school. The show is appropriately Easter-themed and held together by a vague and improbable narrative of mafia violence and bunny bloodshed acted...