Review: Alternative Eurovision

Review: Alternative Eurovision

Hello europhiles! This is London calling with our scores for last Friday’s Live Alternative Eurovision presented by Time Out Live. We’ve been knocking back the sherry with our pinkies aloft (of course) so some of the scores are a bit arbitrary. But only...
Review: Cabaret Floridita

Review: Cabaret Floridita

The edgier London revues prove that variety can always go further underground, but it can go more mainstream, too. With bona fide West End performers and plenty of glamour from resident drag dance troupe The Globe Girls, Cabaret Floridita a great destination for the...
Review: Weekend at Wilton’s

Review: Weekend at Wilton’s

“The floors are stickier.” Host and DJ Amy Lamé opens Weekend at Wilton’s with a laconic description of the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, where performance collective Duckie holds its weekly cabaret soirées. Even if most of the audience filling the tables of Wilton’s Music...
Review: Wham! Bam! Kaboom!

Review: Wham! Bam! Kaboom!

Seattle boylesque troupe Mod Carousel is gracing the Brickhouse in East London for one more month with feature-length show Wham! Bam! Kaboom! before they have to fly back home. This spandex-laden superhero spectacle delivers a colourful, fun and sexy show, pitching a...
Review: Cantina

Review: Cantina

An elegant mix of dance and circus, Cantina headlines the Priceless London Wonderground festival with a dream team of performers from the Australian circuit. Culled from big top big shots like Circa, the Tom Tom Crew and Flying Fruit Fly Circus, five acrobats keep the...
Review: At Home with the Ludskis

Review: At Home with the Ludskis

Art, film, music and live entertainment meet in experimental soirée At Home with the Ludskis. Although they deliberately avoid the word “cabaret”, the show is a pertinent addition to the genre’s landscape, blurring the boundaries of variety and performance art. The...