by Nicola Rainbow | Jul 29, 2015 | Cabaret, Features, Reviews, Variety
Say it quietly but cabaret sometimes happens outside London. We sent in editor Nicola Rainbow to check out the Latitude Festival’s cabaret tent. She’s already revealed the good and the not so good of what went down on Friday but how did the Saturday and...
by Katharine Kavanagh | May 28, 2015 | Burlesque, Reviews, Theatre
Nell Gwynn is not only one of history’s most famous red-heads, she is also an icon of 17th Century feminism, as this history reveals. Appropriately enough for the burlesque star ‘who just can’t stop talking’, Ginger Blush has created a...
by Nicola Rainbow | Apr 29, 2015 | Features, Previews
Another year and, thankfully, the London Wonderground is back for another season. Since they left their regular riverside patch last September, we’ve seen the closure of one top London cabaret venue after another after plenty more so we’re currently...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 18, 2015 | Burlesque, Reviews
Imelda Staunton stars in Gypsy, musical theatre’s tribute to the life and times of striptease artiste Gypsy Rose Lee. This latest outing has had rave write-ups from writers who wouldn’t know a pastie from a pasty so what did our reviewer Rebecca Wigmore...
by Nicola Rainbow | Nov 12, 2014 | Burlesque, Editorial, Features
It’s a glamorous life, being a burlesque performer. The glitter, the beautiful costumes, the late night cocktails and vats of bubbly wine. Not to mention all that rapturous applause, schmoozing and partying on yachts. Sigh. But perhaps it isn’t all...
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