by This Is Cabaret | Jan 14, 2014 | Burlesque, Interview, Reviews
It’s fair to say The Folly Mixtures had a rather super smashing sparkling 2013 and are looking forward to a rather splendid 2014. With Wam Bam leaving Cafe de Paris last year, the brand new Saturday night extravaganza Showtime Cabaret there will feature the...
by This Is Cabaret | Jul 8, 2013 | Burlesque, Cabaret, Drag, Features
As Matt Smith has announced his departure as the eleventh Doctor Who, there is a gaping hole in the Tardis where the most famous Time Lord of them all should be. When he regenerates at Christmas, whose face will appear where Smith’s once was? It is not for us to...
by Franco Milazzo | Jun 30, 2013 | Burlesque, Circus, Photos
This year, Cirque du Cabaret celebrates its tenth anniversary. Producer Sara Colohan’s show has much to recommend it and the open secret to its longevity is a simple one: a revolving variety bill of talented acts covering music, burlesque and circus with the...
by This Is Cabaret | Jun 28, 2013 | Cabaret, Features
To celebrate his fantastically creepy show, Post Mortem, we ask the self-described “cabaret star and dangerous drinker” Dusty Limits to tell us his Top Ten Favourite Dead People. Because it’s the conversation we all have in the pub. Isn’t it? I...
by Sasha Garwood | May 8, 2013 | Musical Comedy, Reviews
Angel-faced, nightingale-voiced, devil-witted cabaret king Dusty Limits’s Darkling is a glorious and fleetingly self-deprecatory celebration of melancholy and mortality. Songs from artists as diverse as Amanda Palmer, Nick Cave, Kurt Weill and Noel Coward are...
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