by This Is Cabaret | Aug 26, 2013 | News
This week sees as a series of fundraising events in honour of “the Marilyn Monroe of burlesque”, one of the founding legends of modern burlesque who passed away earlier this month. Modern burlesque would be a very different beast but for the likes of...
by This Is Cabaret | Aug 4, 2013 | Burlesque, Features
Dixie Evans, known as “the Marilyn Monroe of burlesque”, passed away yesterday. The curator of the Burlesque Hall of Fame was also a performing legend in her own right. Legends come, legends go and this weekend one of the biggest on the world burlesque...
by C.J. Lazaretti | Apr 2, 2012 | Features
It’s in the news, the movies and, more importantly, in arts listings everywhere: cabaret and burlesque are definitely big. But they’re also easy to take for granted. Are the two words synonyms? What about variety? Or circus? Or drag? Never fear: This Is Cabaret is...
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