by Ed Gosling | Jul 10, 2014 | Circus, Reviews
And behold, Circus Maximus is back for it’s second year! The Underbelly talent show that aims to find the best circus performer in the UK… or at least the best one who applied to the competition. Given that the performers cite Sheffield, Bristol, Forest of...
by This Is Cabaret | Jul 10, 2014 | News
The follow-up to last year’s brilliant cabaret charity calendar will be released in a few months and the 2015 edition will feature something a little bit special. Organised by the Double R Club’s Miss Rose Thorne, the All Nude Cabaret Charity Calendar 2014...
by Ed Gosling | Jul 7, 2014 | Circus, Reviews, Variety
Circus of Men is the latest output from the Black Fire Agency, a company that has always enjoyed putting sex at the forefront of the show. A quick look through their Fuel Girls photos reveals countless shots of ladies in various degrees of “nearly...
by Sara Cluderay | Jul 7, 2014 | Reviews
Cute budget retro-themed club night with not-so-cute budget cabaret acts East London loves a nice retro-themed event, but the Coney Island Party and Freakshow at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club attracts a mixed crowd with a fairly low hipster count. This budget club...
by Franco Milazzo | Jul 6, 2014 | Magic, News
Very few performers around the world can respectfully be spoken of in the same sentence as American escapologist Harry Houdini. Born a month after the maestro died, the London-born Alan Alan who died this weekend is one of them. A measure of his skill and luck is...
by Laura Cress | Jul 3, 2014 | Magic, Reviews
Corny jokes, slick tricks and even free slices of cake are the order of the day at the jam packed 5th birthday of the magic showcase Conjuring At The Court. Whilst some segments of the night can be ever so slightly hit and miss, the sheer number and variety of acts on...
by Ivy Paige | Jul 3, 2014 | Burlesque, Features
It’s coming up to that time of the year when the mass exodus of artistes, audiences, producers, journalists, drunks and those going along for the ride descend on a city that has working trams, deep-fried Mars bars and some of my favourite architecture in the world....
by Katharine Kavanagh | Jul 2, 2014 | Circus, Reviews, Variety
Officially down as ‘crazy shit’ on the backstage scheduling board, the Monster Sideshow proudly impress upon us their “freak” status, and watch us squirm and gasp in awe at their death defying stunts. Harking back to the history of the circus...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Jul 2, 2014 | Cabaret, Reviews, Variety
Time flies when you’re at a good cabaret, and Mavericks is one of the best. At over £200 a ticket it should be… Yes, Mavericks is Glastonbury Festival’s late night cabaret show, transforming the tent which, by day, presents the Poetry & Words...
by David Lloyd-Davies | Jul 1, 2014 | Drag, Musical Comedy, Reviews
Spit or Soileau? Possibly as a result of Channel 4’s longrunning Eurotrash and its normalisation of bizarre sexuality and London’s burgeoning performance art scene, it seems that we’re becoming a difficult crowd to shock. In the last two months alone, I’ve seen a...
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