by This Is Cabaret | Apr 29, 2013 | Features
Want to learn a new party trick plus have the chance to peek into the headquarters of the Magic Circle? Step this way… Listen closely, for here are three facts about the secretive Magic Circle, an organisation that makes MI5 look like residents of...
by Helen Whitcher | Apr 29, 2013 | Circus, Reviews, Theatre
A show about two performers telling stories from the good old days, What Happens In The Winter offers only occasional glimmers of hope and insight into the narrators’ lives. At its core, Upswing’s What Happens In The Winter gives two women, one a...
by Glorian Gray | Apr 26, 2013 | Burlesque, Features
Burlesque performers are increasingly being charged administration fees by festival promoters but do the sums add up? “It’s not a performer’s job to subsidise your business.” “I find it deeply suspect to be honest, no matter how high profile the event.” “Usually...
by Helen Whitcher | Apr 26, 2013 | Features, Interview
Having explored circus since the tender age of eight, Tom now strives to connect with his audience and excite them with his skills as a trapeze artist. How did you get involved in circus arts? I started circus when I was eight at the Playbox Theatre in Warwick. It was...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 24, 2013 | Burlesque, Features
Sukki Singapora has packed her bags and both her and Aurora Galore have jetted off to California for the start of their World Burlesque Tour. With tips and videos from their shows so far, here is the first of their special postcards for This Is Cabaret. Greetings from...
by Helen Whitcher | Apr 23, 2013 | Reviews, Variety
A new night offers value-for-money variety in the heart of Soho. On the third Thursday of every month, Freedom Bar in Soho is becoming the home of new event The Soho Cabaret. Hosted by Ariadne The Greek WAG, it promises a night of comedy, cabaret, circus and music....
by Helen Whitcher | Apr 22, 2013 | Circus, Reviews
Those looking to experience the amazing diversity of modern circus have a new show to whet their appetite. A new collaboration by The Albany and circus company Upswing offers up miniature “bites” of circus. With each act given only a short set to shine, the evening...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 22, 2013 | Reviews
Check the skies then check your calendar. The brilliant White Mischief will be bringing the Martians back to London next month. On 25 May, White Mischief brings its cabaret and costume extravaganza back with the theme this time being a classic sci-fi novel. Few books...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 22, 2013 | Reviews
Variety show The Crack features some famous names from the London cabaret circuit alongside European stars. What will the audiences in the Swedish capital make of them? Sana Ng reports. Where else other than the bantam bohemian theatre of Södra Teatern, Stockholm’s...
by Franco Milazzo | Apr 19, 2013 | Interview, Variety
Shout it from the rooftops: mime is back. We speak to one of the world’s top proponents of the artform. Ahead of his final show at the Soho Theatre tonight, we had an entertaining chat with Doctor Brown, the mime who so far has three awards under his robe...
Recent Comments