Preview: Cabaret: Past, Present, Future

Preview: Cabaret: Past, Present, Future

As part of the ToMax Talks series of lectures, three of the best cabaret performers of recent years will be speaking tomorrow night about the fast-growing artform. Like TED, the talks have so far ranged far and wide. Upcoming guests include the entrepreneur behind...
Review: Mat Ricardo’s London Varieties

Review: Mat Ricardo’s London Varieties

Cabaret, circus and magic meet videos, podcasts and talk shows. Live. In one stage. No one can accuse Mat Ricardo’s London Varieties of having a misleading title. The ambitious revue is at once modern and nostalgic. Part old-school vaudeville tribute, part multimedia...
Bête Noire in Pictures

Bête Noire in Pictures

You’d be forgiven to think that social reformers have one less reason to worry about Soho now that Bête Noire has been put to sleep but having ended in full splendor just means the legacy will chase them in their nightmares. Don’t take my word for it, we...
Backstage Etiquette: How to Behave in Cabaret

Backstage Etiquette: How to Behave in Cabaret

Cabaret and burlesque shows may be all about excess and impropriety, but even drunken reprobates who parade immoral antics onstage for a living have their limits. So here it is, for the edification of the masses: the cabaret etiquette code in 12 simple rules. The...