by This Is Cabaret | Apr 12, 2016 | Burlesque, Features, Previews
What’s that? Burlesque and karaoke? What kind of crazy combination is this? Answer: the fun kind! Singing and stripping have been cosy bedfellows for decades. These days, the likes of Miss Polly Rae and Amber Topaz display considerable chops in both departments....
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 4, 2016 | Features, News, Previews
There are very, very few events we look forward to and the ever-popular Alternative Eurovision is one of them. This year’s could be the best yet. With the Eurovision Song Contest happening just a few weeks before the UK potentially gives the rest of the EU a...
by This Is Cabaret | Jan 18, 2016 | Interview, Musical Comedy
One part hooded ukulele mistress, one part pitch-black humour, one part dramatic vocals: Trapeze Bar has a new cocktail in the form of Cirque Noir’s magnificent Lady Carol. This week, cult cabaret star Lady Carol hosts a new-look Cirque Noir at Old...
by This Is Cabaret | Nov 19, 2015 | Drag, Features, Interview
Both in the guise of his award-winning alter ego Myra DuBois and as a writer, director and actor, Gareth Joyner has made an indelible mark on London’s cabaret scene. His acid-tongued drag queen’s bon mots may be pitiless and cutting but, truly, many of...
by This Is Cabaret | Sep 25, 2015 | Drag, Features, Musical Comedy, Reviews, Theatre
By now you will have read what some of London’s finest theatre critics think of the musical Kinky Boots which opened this month. Inspired by a true story. the plot revolves around Charlie, the owner of a failing Northampton shoe factory who, while on a visit to...
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