Preview: Priceless London Wonderground

Preview: Priceless London Wonderground

London has done without a good spiegeltent for too long. Underbelly is correcting that ghastly oversight with Priceless London Wonderground, a mammoth five-month festival housing some of the world’s finest cabaret, burlesque and circus talent under a 1920s-style...
In Pictures: Burger Queen 2012 Final

In Pictures: Burger Queen 2012 Final

This year’s Burger Queen was a five-week, four-heat, free-falling, too-good-to-be-true, wonderous affair. The contest championing plus-size talent across the capital and beyond was like a box of Quality Street chocs with the cheap caramels taken out: you never...
Review: Burger Queen 2012

Review: Burger Queen 2012

Put down that pot of healthy bio-yogurt and check this out: not everyone wants to be thin. Shocking, we know, but TIC columnist Scottee has never been one to adhere to society’s rules. The second year of his Burger Queen contest at the Royal Vauxhall Taven was a...
The Week in Cabaret: Magic Initiations

The Week in Cabaret: Magic Initiations

When did you last hear of cabaret at the Royal Albert Hall? That’s exactly what The Boom Boom Club did last Saturday. Taking over the Elgar Room of the prestigious venue, the seminal revue delivered a top-of-the-range show that revamped their dark and decadent format...