by This Is Cabaret | Mar 2, 2016 | Features, News, Theatre
La Soirée, twice winner of an Olivier Award, has missed out on a nomination this year but the barnstorming burlesque musical Gypsy could clean up. Currently appearing Down Under, La Soirée won their second Olivier Award for Best Entertainment and Family last April....
by Franco Milazzo | Feb 11, 2016 | Reviews, Theatre
Ursula Martinez is not shy about exposing herself in the name of art. Her burlesque-cum-magic red hanky routine made her name over a decade ago and, when a performance of that act was unofficially uploaded to the internet, Martinez turned her feelings about the affair...
by Ed Gosling | Jan 26, 2016 | Circus, Reviews, Theatre
I’m sure the concept of a naked man (save for a pair of large boots, a neck ruffle and boxing gloves) throwing himself onto the floor repeatedly in a silent room with stark lighting might seem stereotypical of performance art to many people’s mind....
by Lauren Ball | Oct 1, 2015 | Reviews, Theatre
This Is Cabaret Rating: ★★★★★ Bryony Kimmings and Tim Grayburn decided to make a show about the taboo of male depression just after Robin Williams died. Well, that’s a half truth: Kimmings had the idea much earlier, after accidentally discovering that her partner of...
by This Is Cabaret | Sep 25, 2015 | Drag, Features, Musical Comedy, Reviews, Theatre
By now you will have read what some of London’s finest theatre critics think of the musical Kinky Boots which opened this month. Inspired by a true story. the plot revolves around Charlie, the owner of a failing Northampton shoe factory who, while on a visit to...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 13, 2015 | Musical Comedy, Reviews, Theatre
Doilies, red satin, Tom Jones and free food prepared before our laughing eyes… Welcome to the oddball world of Jojo Bellini, and Australian performer who is, as she tells us, ‘just an ordinary girl. Sort of.’ Channeling her Welsh heritage on her...
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