by C.J. Lazaretti | Jul 26, 2012 | Burlesque, Reviews
There’s more than 24-hour gambling to the newly re-opened Hippodrome Casino. Starring Miss Polly Rae, Between the Sheets is the only burlesque revue in the historical venue’s inaugural calendar of cabaret events. Judging from its spectacular routines full of exuberant...
by C.J. Lazaretti | Jul 21, 2012 | Reviews
Every new season of Boom Boom Club is a milestone in British cabaret. Since it abandoned a weekly format in 2011 to reinvent itself as a franchise of self-contained performance events, the seminal variety show has experimented with the genre in unusual venues like the...
by Will Davis | Jul 20, 2012 | Musical Comedy, Reviews
Crawling into a cellophane tent at the behest of a half-naked rogue who sings descriptive lyrics about puke might sound like the sort of experimental theatre you’d rather dine in hell than go see, but first impressions can be deceiving. Back in the Soho Theatre for a...
by Franco Milazzo | Jul 14, 2012 | Reviews
The origins of travelling vaudeville troupes lie in improved transport links between cities. In the mid-19th century, new railroads meant posses of vaudevillians could play in New York one week and Chicago the next. These days, marquee productions like La Soirée and...
by C.J. Lazaretti | Jul 13, 2012 | Reviews
Is burlesque about the tits? The third West End version of Miss Polly Rae’s singing striptease revue hits the Duchess Theatre with a renewed cast and more sophisticated numbers. Like its previous incarnation, though, The Hurly Burly Show: Naughty But Nice falters...
by Rachel Phillips | Jul 11, 2012 | Reviews, Variety
Where else can you combine nipple tassels and real-life gorillas? Yes, Twisted Cabaret at London Zoo may be one of the only feasible, and legal, options. This show is just one element of the London Zoo Lates, the wildly popular and adult-only Friday night events. On...
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