by Franco Milazzo | May 16, 2017 | Circus
Oh, Soho. The land of drag queens, drug fiends and sex shops comes under the microscope in this new circus extravaganza at the Peacock Theatre. SOHO is the brainchild of Stufish, arena production designers for A-listers Lady Gaga and Madonna so they know how to put on...
by Franco Milazzo | May 15, 2017 | Burlesque, Musical Comedy, Reviews
Now this is a rarity: a variety night with stand-up comics as a regular part of the bill. And that’s comics plural as regular Underbelly Festival event Friday Night Filth takes not one but two comedians away from their usual microphone stands and puts them in a tent...
by This Is Cabaret | May 10, 2017 | Musical Comedy
Brexit, schmexit. This is London calling and it’s time to go all European again for just one weekend. Last year, the UK gave Europe the middle finger and mooned it for good measure. For the 48% who voted to stay and (we suspect) the even higher proportion that...
by This Is Cabaret | Dec 25, 2016 | Burlesque, Drag, Features, Video
Last Christmas, we gave you our heart*. This Christmas, we have something else in mind. Put down that mince pie, switch off the TV for a few minutes and watch this. Yes, now. We’ll keep this short as you probably have oodles to do like Snapchatting your Christmas...
by This Is Cabaret | Dec 2, 2016 | Burlesque, Features
The award-winning Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival (HBBF) returns for its fifth year in 2017 with another fun-packed four-day event In March, the festival announced that they had been successful in a bid to secure funding from Arts Council England. Believed to be the...
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