by This Is Cabaret | Jul 31, 2012 | Features
The annual exodus to Edinburgh for the Fringe Festival is firmly underway. Many performers are making tracks as they head north for the summer but, before they do, we were on hand to see some previews. We recently saw EastEnd Cabaret’s new show Notoriously...
by C.J. Lazaretti | Jul 26, 2012 | Burlesque, Reviews
There’s more than 24-hour gambling to the newly re-opened Hippodrome Casino. Starring Miss Polly Rae, Between the Sheets is the only burlesque revue in the historical venue’s inaugural calendar of cabaret events. Judging from its spectacular routines full of exuberant...
by This Is Cabaret | Jul 16, 2012 | Features
Saturday saw The LipSinkers performing as part of the Revival Festival in new pop-up venue Marylebone Gardens. From Madonna to The Pogues via punk and disco, they brought to life a soundtrack so cool and varied that we can almost smell Quentin Tarantino’s...
by Franco Milazzo | Jul 14, 2012 | Reviews
The origins of travelling vaudeville troupes lie in improved transport links between cities. In the mid-19th century, new railroads meant posses of vaudevillians could play in New York one week and Chicago the next. These days, marquee productions like La Soirée and...
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