by Sarah Jane O'Neill | Apr 3, 2014 | Photos, Reviews
Get yourself down to Shoreditch for a bit of a Shindig with some fellow weirdos. Cabaret fans love a good shindig, and now they have their very own one at the hipster enclave that is Shoreditch’s the Ace Hotel. Self-proclaimed as ‘a night of performance for weirdos...
by Franco Milazzo | Apr 3, 2014 | Features, News
Impress your friends and family by becoming one of those “useful” doctors. Duckie is moving into the realm of academia. A new full-funded doctorate will allow one lucky cabaret fan to research the longstanding RVT club night and “post-gay performance and...
by Johnny Fox | Apr 1, 2014 | Cabaret, Circus
I blame Cirque du Soleil. Ever since they invented the glossy noisy empty brand that repackages hapless East European balancing acts into an £80-a-ticket oversell it has no longer been acceptable merely to don a pair of spangly tights to dance without a net upon the...
by Franco Milazzo | Apr 1, 2014 | Reviews
Take that! Gary Barlow turns the table on his Cabariot critics by announcing his first cabaret tour. Take That star Gary Barlow has announced that this autumn he will be a headlining a series of shows across the North of England. The twist? He will be abandoning his...
by Franco Milazzo | Mar 31, 2014 | Reviews
Burgers in donuts, celebrity judges and an in-house tap troupe: Hamburger Queen bows out in style. Known by something a bit snappier before a certain firm had a word in Scottee’s shell-like, the month-long celebration of chub culture created by the outspoken...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 31, 2014 | Features, Musical Comedy
Consummate host and all-round mensch Lenny Beige has been entertaining the good folk of London since Moses was in shorts. Or maybe it was long trousers. Either way, Beige is one of the closest things the capital has to a flesh-and-blood cabaret institution. Next...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 30, 2014 | Circus, Features, Video
London is currently having something of a love affair with circus this year. While the romance had something of a a rocky start, the arrival of Circusfest saw the capital suddenly become weak at the knees. What better timing then to check out this fantastic new video...
by Alex Chappel | Mar 29, 2014 | Circus, Reviews
Raising the curtain on Circusfest 2014 is La Meute,a six-man celebration of the Russian Swing. Dressed only in unsecured towels, this acrobatic French sextet risk more than life and limb on this outsize piece of circus equipment. The eponymous troupe – whose name...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 28, 2014 | Features, Musical Comedy, Previews
There will always be a place in our hearts for Anna Lou Larkin, the Glaswegian chanteuse who sings of blubber and blood and Trotsky apologists. This may be the twisted lyricist our mother warned us about but we can’t help but be enamoured by someone who rhymes...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 27, 2014 | Musical Comedy, Previews
Over April and May, Joe Black will be bringing his latest show Ginfully Yours to venues in the UK and Ireland. He will be joined on this jaunt by Brighton’s House Of Grand Parade, a drag trio made up of Lydia L’Scabies, Rococo Chanel and Crystal Lubrikunt....
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