by Ed Gosling | Aug 1, 2016 | Circus, Reviews
Barbu is, at heart, a high energy, chaotic mixture of acrobatics, object manipulation and beards. Especially beards. Based around a great cast of six multi-skilled performers, a clown character and four musicians, it has a range which is thoroughly explored throughout...
by This Is Cabaret | Jul 16, 2016 | Burlesque, Variety
Opening next week in London, Blanc de Blanc is the latest circus spectacular from Scott Maidment, the man behind hits LIMBO and Cantina. Featuring an international cast of jugglers and clowns, the new show will take over the Hippodrome’s cabaret space and comes...
by Franco Milazzo | Jul 11, 2016 | Burlesque, Interview
The much-anticipated comeback of The Stripper, a musical play created by Richard O’Brien and Richard Hartley opens this week at St James Theatre, London. Set in California, 1961, this tale of ecdysiastic intrigue is an exquisite take on film noir and will appeal...
by Franco Milazzo | Jul 5, 2016 | Drag, Interview, Previews
To call Le Gateau Chocolat a unique individual may be the understatement of the century. The larger-than-life alt-drag bass singer who turned down a career in law has trotted the globe with the Olivier Award-winning La Soiree, raised the roof with barnstorming...
by Franco Milazzo | Jul 1, 2016 | Reviews
Five years since we last saw them, the Night Kitchen Cabaret crew are back with Family Tree (appearing at RADA until 2 July). This latest episode is called Family Tree and is like the best kind of school reunion: it has all the people you know and love without the...
by Franco Milazzo | Jul 1, 2016 | Reviews
Short of a lunatic asylum or a prison, apparently the best place to meet an assortment of crazy characters is a hotel. From American Horror Story to The Grand Budapest Hotel to Crossroads, the accepted wisdom is that, if one sits in a lobby and waits long enough,...
by Candace Chan | Jun 26, 2016 | Reviews
Seven years in the making, self-billed “drag action musical” Heels of Glory arrives for a three week run at Chelsea Theatre as one of the headliners of this year’s London Pride Festival. Heels of Glory follows the story of Honey (Matthew Floyd Jones), a young drag...
by This Is Cabaret | Jun 14, 2016 | Burlesque, Circus, Drag, Features, Interview, Previews
In a scene which thrives on variety, Fancy Chance has one of the most diverse repertoires of all. We’ve seen her as a drag king at Alternative Eurovision, stripping at the Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival, hair-hanging at The Double R Club and The Raunch and...
by Franco Milazzo | Jun 14, 2016 | Burlesque, Reviews
Of all the places, in all the towns, in all the world, new burlesque night The Blue Fez rolled into the Underdog Art Gallery last month. Was it the beginning of something beautiful? It’s not unusual for cabaret to be political but it is rare for it to reflect what is...
by Franco Milazzo | Jun 9, 2016 | Reviews
Alexis Gregory talks to This Is Cabaret about the one-off return of his hit play SLAP (recently long listed for the 2016 Polari Prize and currently being turned into a film) about a transgender hooker Dominique, as well as his views on Caitlin Jenner and transphobia...
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