by This Is Cabaret | May 29, 2015 | Reviews
Summary Beauties and the Beats is an enjoyable, visually exciting singalong to kick off a night out, but it’s a largely shallow offering. Half promenade, half pop concert, The Lady Boys of Bangkok’s latest production Beauties and the Beats paints a thick, glittery...
by This Is Cabaret | May 28, 2015 | Features
This week, The Double R Club‘s host Benjamin Louche steps off the cabaret stage to man a turntable at his new musical show 7 Inches of Joy at The Bamboo Lounge, downstairs at Fontaine’s. The concept is a simple one. Entry is free and punters should come...
by Katharine Kavanagh | May 28, 2015 | Burlesque, Reviews, Theatre
Nell Gwynn is not only one of history’s most famous red-heads, she is also an icon of 17th Century feminism, as this history reveals. Appropriately enough for the burlesque star ‘who just can’t stop talking’, Ginger Blush has created a...
by Franco Milazzo | May 26, 2015 | Drag, Features, Interview
The competition to choose the UK Ambassador for RuPaul’s Drag Race comes to a head this Thursday. Twenty – sorry, 21 – finalists have been invited to the Cafe de Paris to lipsync for Ru and her crew of co-judges (Jonathan Ross, Katie Price and Alan...
by Franco Milazzo | May 24, 2015 | Drag, Features, Interview
When global megastar RuPaul announced that she and her media partners TruTV were hankering for a UK Ambassador for that little old show of hers, drag queens from Glasgow to Brighton raced to enter the competition. Almost a hundred video entries poured in for Ru and...
by Laura Cress | May 20, 2015 | Variety
Hello Wonderground – this is TIC calling. We had a fabulous night watching the Alternative Eurovision at your Spiegeltent, an evening which was packed to the rafters with the capital’s best and brightest on the cabaret scene. We simply just can’t wait to tell...
by This Is Cabaret | May 18, 2015 | Drag, Features
This week sees the deadline for those looking to become RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Ambassador. Entrants have until midday tomorrow to apply the lippy, adjust the wig and record a video entry. As ever, RuPaul and her judges will be checking the entries for charisma,...
by Rebecca Wigmore | May 18, 2015 | Reviews
One of the perks of writing a review of an improvised musical comedy is that nobody can accuse you of peddling spoilers. The musical I saw, East Side Story – a romantic epic about Jon Cri (Julie Clare) a North Korean dictator’s daughter and her whirlwind...
by Katharine Kavanagh | May 16, 2015 | Variety
The first ever Birmingham Cabaret Festival was opened in style last night by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in the appropriately elegant Grade II listed venue The Old Joint Stock. Who knew Ma’am had such a great rack? With boobs provided by Ginger Blush, Her...
by Laura Cress | May 15, 2015 | Reviews
Summary Christopher Green's Singing Hypnotist talks the talk in his latest show but it's all too much smoke and mirrors and not enough substance to really bring you under. Christopher Green, aka The Singing Hypnotist, teases us with old fashioned notions of stage...
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