by This Is Cabaret | Aug 11, 2015 | Features, News, Video
After a £2 million National Lottery-funded restoration project, East London’s historic Hoxton Hall is due to open later this year with “contemporary variety” being its stated mantra. The Grade II* listed Hoxton Hall is one of Britain’s few surviving...
by Frederick Snow | Aug 11, 2015 | Musical Comedy, Reviews
They say “two wrongs don’t make a right”. The two wrong’ns of EastEnd Cabaret beg to differ. It seems appropriate that I should review Perverts given my qualifications and experience as my alter ego Arthur Foxaque, the face, voice & vitriol of debauched jazz...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 10, 2015 | Editorial, Features
Better known for their upside-down purple cow, Udderbelly’s brand new Circus Hub is described as “the first ever major venue dedicated to circus at the Edinburgh Fringe”. An ambitious programme will see a round dozen shows including two European...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 10, 2015 | Reviews, Theatre
This is one of those shows where the ‘cabaret’ of the title is actually a frame for a piece of theatre, rather than the form of the event. All though we do get a compere and a voluptuous (at first, anyway) naked aerialist. And they’re made of foam....
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 7, 2015 | Circus, Editorial, Features
Whatever the weather throws at us this month, there’s something circusy out there to see us through. Shall we start with the inevitable? Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This year, producing powerhouse Underbelly has cottoned on to the major draw of circus, and have set up...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 7, 2015 | Cabaret, Musical Comedy, Reviews, Theatre
Something akin to starting Glastonbury Festival with the ritual of the Healing Fields’ opening ceremony, my Edinburgh Fringe has been blessed by the cosmic energies of the shamanic rave Faun, an underground festival sensation created by Andy Black. Ushered into...
by Nicola Rainbow | Jul 29, 2015 | Cabaret, Features, Reviews, Variety
Say it quietly but cabaret sometimes happens outside London. We sent in editor Nicola Rainbow to check out the Latitude Festival’s cabaret tent. She’s already revealed the good and the not so good of what went down on Friday but how did the Saturday and...
by Candace Chan | Jul 28, 2015 | Drag, Reviews
MAX at the Meth Lab had a main act that exceeded expectations, and while there are misses in the acts the hits certainly make up for it. The Meth Lab relocated to south of the river since they lost their Camden home when the The Black Cap was suddenly closed. But all...
by Johnny Fox | Jul 27, 2015 | Cabaret
A shouty songbook show with a 1980s ‘Opportunity Knocks’ loser? Of hard rock? On a Sunday night? At the arse end of the District Line? What have I done to deserve this? Even though I’m a long-time Billy Joel fan, the prospect of a soundalike gig on the wrong side of...
by Nicola Rainbow | Jul 25, 2015 | Cabaret, Editorial, Features, Reviews
Say it quietly but cabaret sometimes happens outside London. We sent in editor Nicola Rainbow to check out the Latitude Festival’s cabaret tent. Here’s what happened at the Latitude Festival cabaret tent on Friday night. How did Penny Arcade, Paul...
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