by This Is Cabaret | Dec 5, 2014 | Reviews
The sad closure of Madame Jojo’s last month may a silver lining to it if the events of the last seven days are anything to go by. On Saturday, the cabaret community gathered in numbers and (unusually) in daylight to mourn the iconic venue’s passing in...
by This Is Cabaret | Dec 5, 2014 | Reviews
Medical history meets cabaret this week for a new show which takes places in one of London’s most atmospheric venues. Inside the creepy-as-all-hell Old Operating Theatre, the first episode of The Curiousity Cabaret brings together musicians, doctors (the useful...
by This Is Cabaret | Dec 4, 2014 | Drag, Reviews, Theatre
About three years ago, Stuart Saint penned a scabrously adult version of the Whittington saga for Leicester Square Theatre’s snug basement room where they have been milking his Dick ever since for a loyal catchment. This year, he announced in a pre-show introduction,...
by This Is Cabaret | Dec 3, 2014 | Reviews
Now in its fourth year, the London Cabaret Awards has released the latest longlist of nominees. We’ve already discussed what we’ve found in some way good about the 2015 longlist. While we congratulate each and every one of the nominees, there is much at a...
by This Is Cabaret | Dec 3, 2014 | Reviews
Although there was a funereal air to last Saturday’s Madame Jojo’s march, there’s life yet in the campaign to stop equally injurious closures in Soho. An open letter has been penned by Tim Arnold (aka the Soho Hobo) and sent today to London Mayor...
by This Is Cabaret | Dec 3, 2014 | Reviews
Quite possibly the most insane show we’ve seen this year, Miss Behave’s Game Show comes to Soho Theatre next week and you can be there courtesy of This Is Cabaret. Miss Behave’s Game Show has a very straightforward premise: iPhone users compete...
by Lauren Ball | Dec 2, 2014 | Reviews
The Vaults is the perfect venue for a subculture super event like the Mimetic festival. Both dingy and vibrant even before you’ve crossed the threshold, it’s hella atmospheric to walk through a tunnel after sundown, illuminated by the authorised graffiti zone...
by This Is Cabaret | Dec 1, 2014 | Reviews
Now in its fourth year, the London Cabaret Awards has released the latest longlist of nominees. The deliberations are done and the 2015 judging panel (Oliver Jack, Samuel Joseph, Jo King, Tas Kyprianou and Paul Vale) have made public which acts, shows and venues...
by This Is Cabaret | Dec 1, 2014 | Magic, Musical Comedy, News, Variety
Held in the Vaults under Waterloo station, this year’s Mimetic Festival has seen an eclectic collection of shows spread out over a fortnight. Ex-London Cabaret Award judge Klare Wilkinson and This Is Cabaret’s Franco Milazzo saw over twenty shows covering...
by Franco Milazzo | Nov 30, 2014 | News, Video
The closure of Madame Jojo’s this month has left something of a hole in Soho. That hole is not just physical – something has been ripped from the fabric of the London cabaret scene. The site will soon become offices, expensive flats and coffee shops....
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