by Nicola Rainbow | Nov 12, 2014 | Burlesque, Editorial, Features
It’s a glamorous life, being a burlesque performer. The glitter, the beautiful costumes, the late night cocktails and vats of bubbly wine. Not to mention all that rapturous applause, schmoozing and partying on yachts. Sigh. But perhaps it isn’t all...
by This Is Cabaret | Nov 6, 2014 | Reviews
He’s been acting since the mid-1990s but 2014 will go down as a watermark year for London-born Mat Fraser. The London-born sideshow performer, writer, director and activist can be seen on the latest season of American Horror Story, set in a 1950s freakshow. In a...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Nov 1, 2014 | Circus, Features
Between October’s Halloween spookery and December’s Christmas craziness, what has November got? We’ll tell ya… This month La Soirée is back, launching in the South Bank Spiegeltent on 5th, including new acts and old favourites on the little red...
by Franco Milazzo | Oct 29, 2014 | Reviews
South Korean martial arts circus Jump packs a punch. And a kick. And a slap. Coming all the way from somewhere below the 38th parallel, this steaming bowl of family-friendly South Korean chop-socky is a heartwarming and eyepopping treat. It started as a local...
by Candace Chan | Oct 27, 2014 | Reviews, Variety
Lou Safire at Cabaret Roulette. Image: www.lensintheface.com When Cabaret Roulette spins their wheel, there is no guarantee of what will come up. At heart, it is a great generator of new acts provided by some of the best variety artists around. Each show takes its cue...
by Sara Cluderay | Oct 25, 2014 | Features, Interview
Performance artist and “Mistress of the Macabre” Mary Beth Morossa debuts her new one-woman storytelling show Greywing House at the London Horror Festival next week. The London Horror Festival is an annual celebration of horror in the performing arts. After three...
by This Is Cabaret | Oct 24, 2014 | Spoken WOrd, Videos
The more observant ones amongst you may have spotted that Halloween is imminent and we here love this time of year to hell and back. Not only are there plenty of great shows but there is some art forms that especially come alive in this particular season. One of those...
by This Is Cabaret | Oct 24, 2014 | Features
Quite some months ago, whilst studiously partaking in one of our BA History of Art lectures on the Renaissance, my dear and talented friend Mr. David McAlmont casually whispered to me that he would be singing at Andrew Logan’s Alternative Miss World 2014 beauty...
by This Is Cabaret | Oct 23, 2014 | Features, Previews
Halloween has joined Christmas as being less a single day and more an entire season. Let’s face it: for those of us who like to dress up, like to be scared, like to explore the darker corners of London and our souls or just like to party as if the very apocalypse is...
by David Lloyd-Davies | Oct 21, 2014 | Reviews
Guilt & Shame: Going Straight is the latest offering from comedy duo Robert Cawsey and Gabriel Bisset-Smith showing at the Soho Theatre. It tells the story of two friends, Rob who is gay and Gabe who is straight, who until recently partied together on the gay...
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