by This Is Cabaret | Jul 4, 2017 | Reviews
Taking place next month from 10-13 August, Boomtown Festival has established itself as one of the UK’s most creative events of its type. While their competitors scramble for headline acts from the charts, Boomtown is all about creating a unique experience which...
by This Is Cabaret | Jul 3, 2017 | News
Suffolk weekender Latitude is just around the corner and we’re looking forward to diving into its heady brew of music, performance and, of course, cabaret. Held at Newham Park from 13-16 July 2017, the festival will have its usual eclectic mix of performances. Acts to...
by This Is Cabaret | Jul 3, 2017 | News
Here in TIC Towers, we have an unashamedly deep passion for the Eurovision Song Contest (and its cooler sister, Alternative Eurovision). You can imagine how wide the smiles on our faces got when we found out that ABBA, the eternal kings and queens of that annual...
by Belinda Liversedge | Jul 2, 2017 | Burlesque, Reviews
Deep inside the newly-renamed Underbelly Festival, burlesque extravaganza Between The Sheets invites us to dim the lights and slip into bed for their fourth run at the Paradiso Spiegeltent. Producer and MC Polly Rae has kept the show largely as it was last year but...
by Chris Dudley | Jul 1, 2017 | Cabaret, Drag, Reviews
Australian drag cabaret star Trevor Ashley makes a welcome return to the Paradiso Spiegeltent with his celebrated tribute to Liza Minnelli. Appearing on stage with seven-piece band, we’re treated to Ashley’s uncanny impersonation of Liza, complete with...
by Franco Milazzo | Jun 23, 2017 | Magic, Reviews
Talk about an appearing act: Penn & Teller return to the UK but is this their last visit? Penn & Teller have become modern bywords for world-class magic and it is easy to see why. They have been working together since the 1970s and have scaled the heights of...
by This Is Cabaret | Jun 13, 2017 | Cabaret, Features, Interview
Hold the front page! Miss Hope Springs is back in town with a new show offering fresh insights into her eventful past. Regaling the audience with tales from her earliest days as a Las Vegas showgirl in the 1970s through to the present, she has enough stories to...
by This Is Cabaret | Jun 12, 2017 | Reviews, Theatre
Working: The Musical charts the various ways we experience work and does so with great skill, authenticity and, surprisingly given its revue format, at times with real emotional punch. Based on a book of interviews with working men and women in the early 1970s by US...
by This Is Cabaret | Jun 6, 2017 | Burlesque, Interview, Spoken WOrd
Oi, you. Sentient flesh owner. I have some questions for you. Do you think you’re sexy? What do you find sexy? What does sexy even mean? – Vanessa Kisuule Spoken word artiste Vanessa Kisuule is not your normal versifier. She has already released her first book...
by This Is Cabaret | Jun 2, 2017 | Drag, Features
Just when you thought British politics couldn’t get any more exciting, cabaret performer and celebrity impersonator Fagulous will be hosting through-the-night election coverage at Her Upstairs as Prime Minister Theresa May. The Fagulous Election Broadcast Spectacular...
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