by This Is Cabaret | Sep 25, 2014 | Features, Theatre
Next week, join Olivier Award winner David Bedella for a musical theatre workshop at St James Theatre. As part of Inside Out Victoria, a celebration of the transformation of area of the Victoria area of London from 2- 5 October, fans of musical theatre will have the...
by Franco Milazzo | Aug 20, 2014 | Features, Interview, Theatre, Videos
When an illicit video featuring nudity hits the internet these days, anyone recognisable in the grainy footage normally disappears from the public view until they are ready to face the press and get it all over with already. Artist and producer Ursula Martinez took a...
by Franco Milazzo | Aug 14, 2014 | Reviews, Theatre
Who doesn’t like it loud and heavy every now and then? OperaUpClose’s La Traviata at the Soho Theatre is a vibrant burst of classical goodness in one of the city’s temples of cabaret. The same company popped the venue’s opera cherry back in...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 13, 2014 | Musical Comedy, Reviews, Theatre
With critics increasingly in the firing line (and in, one case, in hospital), how could I not spend my last show slot of the Fringe taking in this new musical comedy from Charlesworth and Holland Productions? At Edinburgh Fringe, where many shows (and more than a few...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 12, 2014 | Burlesque, Circus, Drag, Reviews, Theatre
Welcome to the wonderful world of Dixey. A fabulous fairy-tale where burlesque meets Walt Disney. Always light, always entertaining, and with the noblest unicorn I’ve ever seen. Dixey (named for the first ever male burlesquer Henry E Dixey) is a top class show,...
by Katharine Kavanagh | May 23, 2014 | Circus, Reviews, Theatre
Shorter, sharper but still faithful to the film director’s vision: Mary Bijou’s Hitch is, like its source material, a circus show with more than a few twists. Since this Alfred Hitchcock-inspired circus cabaret by Mary Bijou Cabaret And Social Club debuted...
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