by This Is Cabaret | Dec 14, 2012 | Burlesque, Features, Musical Comedy, Variety
Silent night? Yeah, right. December’s celebrations are a prime time to make some noise, and London has no shortage of revues, supper clubs, adult pantos and other festive gatherings brimming with merriment. Check out This Is Cabaret’s selection of events...
by Franco Milazzo | Dec 10, 2012 | Variety, Video
Look as close as you like: Yann Frisch’s awe-inspiring sleight of hand reveals little but his genius. French magician Yann Frisch has become an Internet sensation with an act which is as down-to-earth as it is beguiling. Using only a couple of metal containers...
by Ed Gosling | Dec 5, 2012 | Reviews, Variety
A new show is always a calculated risk, but Vivacity Bliss’s Cabaret Roulette goes one step further by letting the audience choose the theme. She then commissions cabaret performers to create relevant routines and puts them on at Madame Jojo’s, one of the most popular...
by Guilherme Zühlke O'Connor | Dec 2, 2012 | Photos, Variety
The dream is over. La Rêve played its last engagement at Café de Paris on November 23rd. No need to pinch yourself, though: Gui O’Connor was there to capture Laurie Hagen, Sarah-Louise Young and other vaudevillians at their naughtiest. It really did happen, and...
by This Is Cabaret | Nov 26, 2012 | Features, Variety
Described as, uh, “indescribably wonderful” by Tim Minchin, the Boy With Tape on His Face brings his hit show to the West End next month. Following hit shows this year at the Udderbelly on the South Bank and a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Sam...
by Sasha Garwood | Nov 19, 2012 | Reviews, Variety
Islington’s Pleasance Theatre is not the natural home for cabaret but this show hopefully will spark an influx of more high quality variety nights there. The entirely burlesque-free set is hosted by an engagingly improvisational Mister Joe Black, who copes with...
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