by Mia Boum Boum | May 12, 2016 | Reviews
It is with measured trepidation that we venture out east to Haggerston’s The Glory to take part in Dis Place, a self-proclaimed “theatre game about immigration and democracy”. The 8pm start time proves a little optimistic but, once descended to theatre level, it...
by This Is Cabaret | May 9, 2016 | Burlesque, Interview
This Thursday, burlesque extravaganza Between The Sheets returns again for a new season at the London Wonderground and its fabulous Spiegeltent. Fast becoming an annual highlight of the cabaret calendar, this show has it all: gorgeous and talented performers, routines...
by Franco Milazzo | May 7, 2016 | Reviews
This Is Cabaret rating ★★★★☆ There’s not many cabaret singers that, after casually being lowered from the Globe’s rafters, have the chutzpah to tell the audience “there’s usually massive applause at this part”. Then again, there are very few like Meow Meow, the kind...
by Lauren Ball | May 3, 2016 | Drag, Reviews
This Is Cabaret rating ★★★☆☆ Jinkx Monsoon rose to fame in 2013 as the Broadway-loving, narcoleptic season 5 winner of Ru Paul’s Drag Race. She made her mark with her stellar impersonation of Grey Gardens’ Little Edie, and since then has had star turns stateside in...
by Laura Cress | Apr 28, 2016 | Reviews, Theatre
This Is Cabaret rating ★★★★☆ To beer or not to beer? That’s really not the question when it comes to Magnificent Bastard’s raucous production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. For this is Sh!t-Faced Shakespeare – and that means the drink’s the thing. The idea is so...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 27, 2016 | Features
The London chapter of Naked Girls Reading, the literary salon where less is more, is going on tour this summer, starting with an appearance this Saturday at the Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival. The theme is ‘Yorkshire: God’s Own Country!’ and pays homage to the...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 27, 2016 | Features, Interview, Magic
Can real-life performing couple Peter & Bambi Heaven keep the magic happening both on and off stage? That’s the question at the heart of their new show The Magic Inside which makes its UK debut this summer at the London Wonderground. This is what it looks like....
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 26, 2016 | Burlesque, Features
We all know London is the centre of the known universe, right? If one wants to see the finest international burlesque talent to step foot on this hallowed isle, one just has to be in the capital, right? That’s how it goes, right? Wrong. Oh, how so wrong. Take a look...
by Mia Boum Boum | Apr 25, 2016 | Circus, Reviews
The fifth Circusfest at the Roundhouse closes its final week by hosting British-based Barely Methodical Troupe as they premiere their second show. The popularity of circus for the masses is resoundingly apparent as they launch Kin to a full auditorium, boasting a...
by Laurane Marchive | Apr 25, 2016 | Circus, Reviews
The Ricochet Project are a New Mexico-born circus of two, currently based in Berlin and composed of Cohdi Harrell and Laura Stokes. Their Total Theatre Award-winning show Smoke & Mirrors is an absolute success, clever in the apparatuses it uses, in the way it...
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