by This Is Cabaret | Mar 13, 2015 | Features
Can we paint with all the colours of the wind, or are we just using tippex? Mixed race drag/burlesque artiste Miss Cairo wants to see more diversity in cabaret. This week, I was lucky enough to attend the London Cabaret Awards to support an amazing friend who I have...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 11, 2015 | Reviews, Theatre
Audience interaction is a tricky part of any show. Rebecca Wigmore checks out one artist who, through the media of felt-tip pens and electrical tape, asks the audience to open their hearts and their minds. The small, dark stage of the Camden People’s Theatre is...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 10, 2015 | Reviews
The fourth Excess All Areas London Cabaret Awards took place last night at the Cafe de Paris. When we weren’t live-tweeting or live-Facebooking, we were busy snapping pictures of the assembled cabaretti. All pictures (c) Lisa Thomson exclusively for This Is...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 10, 2015 | Reviews
Hot off the presses, we have the names of the winners at the Excess All Areas London Cabaret Awards 2015. We were there last night as many of the capital’s cabaret scene assembled at Piccadilly’s Cafe de Paris for the unveiling of the winners of the Excess All...
by Laura Cress | Mar 9, 2015 | Cabaret, Reviews
MC Jim Caruso and pianist Billy Stritch took London by storm on their debut night of Cast Party – the glitzy open mic night for cabaret and musicals flown over from the legendary Birdland Club in New York City and settling for just two nights at the Crazy Coqs. In...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 9, 2015 | Features
Featuring cabaret performances from Vicky Butterfly, Rhyannon Styles, Kiki Lovechild, Lydia Darling, Ava Iscariot, Felicity Furore and more, These Trees Are Made of Blood at the Southwark Playhouse tells the story of one mother’s search for her daughter. During the...
by Franco Milazzo | Mar 8, 2015 | Editorial
I’d like to thank Paul L Martin for taking up the opportunity to respond to the unprecedented levels of criticism levelled at the London Cabaret Awards. As their producer, the buck stops with you. Let me explain something about why I care about the awards. When...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 8, 2015 | News
Called Still In Love With You, this year’s UK Eurovision entry is a uptempo electro-swing number. As you can see below, the video was filmed at the stylish ballroom Cafe de Paris, home to a number of variety shows – not least the superb Cabaret des...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 7, 2015 | Features, Previews
If Peter Piper wasn’t pre-occupied picking a peck of pickled peppers, would he have produced this perfectly priapic pricing policy? Those at tonight’s Big Small Penis Party at East London’s Rhythm Factory won’t be paying through the nose but by...
by Franco Milazzo | Mar 5, 2015 | Reviews
Later this month Benjamin Louche, the suave yet sinister compère and co-producer of the Double R Club, takes a temporary step away from the Lynchian production. For the first time, he will take to the stage to front his own solo show at Fontaine’s in Shoreditch....
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