by This Is Cabaret | Apr 15, 2014 | Features, Variety
Get those ghoulish gladrags ready as you may be on the verge of winning a pair of tickets to one of the most eye-popping parties of the year. The Goblin King’s Masquerade Ball returns next month and, having been there a couple of years back, we’re already...
by Franco Milazzo | Apr 14, 2014 | Burlesque, Reviews
The joy of six: as Barelesque VI – Unleashed proved, the combination of charity, nudity and levity makes for one hell of a cocktail. It is undeniable that a streak of altruism runs through the variety scene with fundraising events happening practically every...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Apr 14, 2014 | Circus, Reviews
While the capital focuses their circus eyes on the Roundhouse this month, elsewhere in the country the traditional tenting season has begun. Last week we caught one of the most famous names in UK circus, Billy Smart’s. This year’s tour sees the return of Yasmine...
by Franco Milazzo | Apr 13, 2014 | Circus, Reviews
Circusfest celebrates new as well as established talent. Silver Lining are a fresh young troupe looking to impress. Did they? Watching Silver Lining, a feeling of dread sets in from the off. Juggler Tom Gaskin approaches the audience with a plastic cigar, an umbrella...
by Laura Cress | Apr 10, 2014 | Reviews
Looking for some midweek dancefloor action? With an orchestra behind him, swing maestro Benoit Viellefon and his orchestra will be at the Hippodrome Casino’s Matcham Room every Tuesday this month. Benoit Viellefon may well have his orchestra, but there’s still...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 8, 2014 | Features, Previews
Back again, presumably from the underworld, Orpheus returns to Battersea’s Grand Hall this April. Following a six week London run, the show will be presented at one the world’s most respected international festivals, The Salzburg Festival, in August. Alex Scott,...
by Laura Cress | Apr 7, 2014 | Circus, Reviews
Alongside its contributions to Circusfest 2014, Jacksons Lane produced Transmit a brand new programme of shorter works by emerging artists from the contemporary circus world. It’s a pleasant feeling to realise that there are still some art initiatives out there solely...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 6, 2014 | Features, News, Video
London: be scared, be very scared. One of the hits of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe is coming south for the spring and bringing his brand of confrontational humour with him. The Guardian called Red Bastard “one of the Fringe’s most talked-about acts,...
by Johnny Fox | Apr 6, 2014 | Cabaret, Reviews
Edith Giovanna Gassion known as Piaf died when I was ten. There can therefore be few audience members for tribute performances who heard her live other than those whose parents also carried their half-sleeping forms to a late concert. Yet as a performing icon she...
by Franco Milazzo | Apr 3, 2014 | Circus, Reviews
This truly unique show four years in the making will leave you wincing and wild-eyed. With Capilotractées, it is all about the hair. It gets pulled, combed and stretched in so many eye-watering ways that we were surprised not to see CIA interrogators taking notes....
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