by This Is Cabaret | Aug 21, 2016 | Features, Previews
This August Bank Holiday, Sheffield will have its first cabaret and burlesque festival featuring a fantastic cast of performers. Next week, the Sheffield Burlesque and Cabaret Extravaganza will present a veritable cavalcade of local, national and international...
by This Is Cabaret | Aug 20, 2016 | Features
Regardless of what time you wake up throughout Edinburgh Fringe, breakfast is still your most important meal of the day. You need energy to perform, or as a fabulous arts purveyor, walk those steep cobbled stoned streets to see the shows and sights that Edinburgh has...
by Franco Milazzo | Aug 18, 2016 | Reviews
Who among us has not sinned? The seven deadly sins we all know and practice were first listed by Pope Gregory The Great back in AD590 and it was he, the patron saint of musicians and singers, that decided upon the septet of lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, wrath, envy...
by Franco Milazzo | Aug 16, 2016 | Interview, Magic
Instantly recognisable by her flame-coloured hairdo, magician Laura London has been a staple on the capital’s cabaret scene for a number of years. This August, she has taken her debut one-woman show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the first time. At the...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 12, 2016 | Reviews
Just like the iconic kids’ TV challenge show from the 90’s that lends this event its name, ‘Knightmare Live‘ is an entertaining quest in the company of Treguard, fantasy characters, an evil-but-comfortably-safe-really villain, and some...
by Laurane Marchive | Aug 12, 2016 | Reviews
Blanc de Blanc, now showing at the Hippodrome Casino, is the latest cabaret and circus production to hit London from Strut and Fret, the creators behind Cantina and LIMBO. This time around, Scott Maidment and company have been inspired by champagne, glitz and glamour...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 12, 2016 | Cabaret, Editorial, Features, Reviews
Well, who doesn’t love an alliterative title? And titles, when it comes to Edinburgh Fringe, can make or break you. Likewise your publicity image. Does it draw people in? What kind of people? And does it accurately represent what you do? Some of the biggest...
by Ed Gosling | Aug 9, 2016 | Burlesque, Circus, Reviews
Outrageous, aggressive, gaudy, crass, confrontational, rude – these are all reasons Finger in the Pie’s Wunderfinger is such a joy to watch. Is this show the best worst taste cabaret to hit the London Wonderground’s Spiegeltent this summer? Probably....
by Laura Cress | Aug 3, 2016 | Photos, Reviews
London Wonderground, the South Bank’s alternative jewel in its culture crown, is bigger and better. No longer taken over by a giant purple cow (the Udderbelly Festival), the full site comes complete with fairground rides and two new bars to compliment its...
by This Is Cabaret | Aug 1, 2016 | Previews
Some go out with a bang and some with a whimper but, in true cabaret style, iconic cabaret company Finger In the Pie are blasting out in style by giving us all the Wunderfinger. Charming. With its two final shows on 2 and 16 August, Finger In The Pie will be waving...
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