by C.J. Lazaretti | May 15, 2012 | Reviews
Ploughing through her usual repertoire of Tom Waits and Nick Cave compositions, Feel is the first of five different Camille O’Sullivan shows in the Priceless London Wonderground festival. It’s running for two days only, but fans don’t need to worry: eight more dates...
by C.J. Lazaretti | May 14, 2012 | Reviews
Burlesque doesn’t get more Olympic than this. 13 artists from nine countries met at Bush Hall to compete for the World Female Crown, the top award at Chaz Royal’s World Burlesque Games. Accomplished routines delivered with confidence and panache were the norm: more...
by C.J. Lazaretti | May 14, 2012 | Reviews
Bush Hall is Chaz Royal’s battlefield of choice. The habitual setting of the yearly newcomer’s contest, it also housed the “female crowns” of the all-competitive World Burlesque Games. Preceding World Female Crown, its international counterpart, British Female Crown...
by C.J. Lazaretti | May 13, 2012 | Reviews
At last London cabaret gains a chorus line. In a box stage. With curtains. But more importantly, an eclectic programme of bawdy song, dance and comedy in true music hall style to make the most of all those bells and whistles. Inaugurating a new performance space atop...
by Franco Milazzo | May 11, 2012 | Reviews
Pitched at the halfway mark of the World Burlesque Games, the festival’s all-male event drew a packed crowd to a humid Royal Vauxhall Tavern on Thursday night. This was not the first night this week in which men featured prominently: on Tuesday, Kiki Lovechild...
by C.J. Lazaretti | May 10, 2012 | Reviews
The “twisted” night of Chaz Royal’s burlesque festival is an institution in its own right. Forewarning is foretasting – the knowing audience laps up the weirdness like breast milk (ew, strike that). From the minute host Benjamin Louche opens with an eerie singing...
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