by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 10, 2015 | Reviews, Theatre
This is one of those shows where the ‘cabaret’ of the title is actually a frame for a piece of theatre, rather than the form of the event. All though we do get a compere and a voluptuous (at first, anyway) naked aerialist. And they’re made of foam....
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 7, 2015 | Cabaret, Musical Comedy, Reviews, Theatre
Something akin to starting Glastonbury Festival with the ritual of the Healing Fields’ opening ceremony, my Edinburgh Fringe has been blessed by the cosmic energies of the shamanic rave Faun, an underground festival sensation created by Andy Black. Ushered into...
by Katharine Kavanagh | May 28, 2015 | Burlesque, Reviews, Theatre
Nell Gwynn is not only one of history’s most famous red-heads, she is also an icon of 17th Century feminism, as this history reveals. Appropriately enough for the burlesque star ‘who just can’t stop talking’, Ginger Blush has created a...
by Mia Boum Boum | Apr 26, 2015 | Drag, Reviews, Theatre
It’s fitting that Shock Treatment, the equal (yes, equal) to the cult behemoth Rocky Horror Picture Show, is getting its stage premiere at the King’s head Theatre. The stage version of Richard O’Brien’s rather more famous work debuted at the Royal Court Upstairs...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 11, 2015 | Reviews, Theatre
Audience interaction is a tricky part of any show. Rebecca Wigmore checks out one artist who, through the media of felt-tip pens and electrical tape, asks the audience to open their hearts and their minds. The small, dark stage of the Camden People’s Theatre is...
by Candace Chan | Mar 2, 2015 | Drag, Reviews, Theatre
“Who could you be if you lived without limitation?” This is the premise of Hellscreen, a play by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm adapted from a Japanese horror story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa published in 1918. Set in contemporary London, the story follows artist Frank Holt (East...
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