by This Is Cabaret | Aug 21, 2016 | Features, Previews
This August Bank Holiday, Sheffield will have its first cabaret and burlesque festival featuring a fantastic cast of performers. Next week, the Sheffield Burlesque and Cabaret Extravaganza will present a veritable cavalcade of local, national and international...
by This Is Cabaret | Aug 27, 2015 | Burlesque, Previews
Next month, The Big Burlesque Event, one of the biggest conventions of its kind in the UK, is taking place in East London. From the 24-26 September, many of the biggest stars from the UK burlesque industry will be coming together at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s...
by Ivy Paige | Aug 29, 2012 | Features
Frilly knickers no longer enjoy the favour they once did among professional bump-and-grinders. Singer and compère Ivy Paige considers the impact of C-strings and merkins in the aesthetics of modern burlesque. Do you dare to bare? Once upon a time it was all about...
by C.J. Lazaretti | Aug 21, 2012 | Reviews
Something about The Voodoo Rooms seems to keep attracting good shows. Revisiting the premise of 2008 revue The Magic Faraway Travel Agency, London vaudevillians Dave the Bear, Claire Benjamin and Mister Meredith star in a riotous showcase of unapologetic goofiness....
by Tricity Vogue | Apr 9, 2012 | Features
All the glamour and fabulousness you see on a cabaret stage has to come from somewhere. Where it comes from, generally, is a wheelie-bag. Yes, those very wheelie-bags that you bash your shins against on the tube, when you’re trying to dart cleverly between more...
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