by Laura Cress | Apr 25, 2014 | Circus, Reviews
Appearing as part of Circusfest 2014, Strike! is a dark take on office life appearing at Jacksons Lane until this Saturday. Kafka meets Office Space in Strike!, a contemporary circus performance based in a bureaucratic hell of cardboard and clocking in. Whilst at...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 22, 2014 | Reviews
Next month sees the second coming of the London Festival Of Cabaret. Don’t go expecting burlesque or circus here for this is, with a few notable exceptions, a fortnight-long celebration of the American and British songbook. Like the Sun’s Page 3, the...
by Vivacity Bliss | Apr 22, 2014 | Circus, Reviews
Belonging, a multi-lingual aerial show created as a collaboration between the UK’s Graeae Theatre Company and Brazil’s Circo Crescer e Vivier and running at the Roundhouse as part of CircusFest 2014, brings together a diverse cast of physically disabled artists to...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 21, 2014 | Features
In a place far, far away (some call it South London), a KFC family bucket* of contestants have done battle during this month to become the most fêted fattie around. Over three gruelling rounds testing their taste, trendiness and talent hosted at the Royal Vauxhall...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 18, 2014 | Features
The biggest pop-up venue in London at the moment is most likely the Udderbelly tent on the South Bank. It’s huge. The venue has opened last week with an usually eclectic bill of comedy, cabaret and circus. On the outside, it looks like a purple upside-down cow;...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 18, 2014 | Features, Variety
Those who like to do more with their hands than clapping may want to check out the Crafternoon Cabaret Club. Next week, it celebrates its first anniversary with an event at the Hospital Club. The Club has been steadily building up momentum since it began and it is...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Apr 16, 2014 | Circus, Features
World Circus Day is nearly upon us so we have some fun facts to fill your heads. Although circus arts currently receive more respect in other parts of the world, they have a long and glorious history over here so impress your friends with the best of British on...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 16, 2014 | Features
Next month, the London Festival of Cabaret Festival (LFOC) and the London Cabaret Festival return for their second outings. They both debuted last November with the former acting as the catalyst for the latter: many performers felt that the songbook-based LFOC had...
by Victoria Carlin | Apr 16, 2014 | Circus, Reviews
Circusfest 2014 rolls on with She Would Walk The Sky, a large-scale production featuring some faces from London Wonderground’s 2012 blockbuster Cantina. Company 2’s She Would Walk The Sky at Circusfest 2014 Company 2’s She Would Walk The Sky at...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 15, 2014 | Circus, Features, Previews
With Circusfest in full swing, the cow-shaped Udderbelly venue opening for business last week and the Spiegeltent launching next month, the circus has truly rolled into London in a big way. And here comes a fringe benefit of all that action that you don’t need...
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