Fringe Review: The Magic Faraway Cabaret

Fringe Review: The Magic Faraway Cabaret

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....
Fringe Review: The Curious Couple from Coney

Fringe Review: The Curious Couple from Coney

If Coney Island is the Vatican of sideshow grotesquery, The Curious Couple from Coney are nothing less than cardinals. Comprising human blockhead Donny Vomit and sword swallower Heather Holliday of New York touring revue Pretty Things Peepshow, the couple’s eponymous...
Fringe Review: La Clique Royale

Fringe Review: La Clique Royale

The beast has been dormant long enough. After a nine-month season at London’s legendary Hippodrome Casino in 2009, the Olivier-award-winning revue that ushered in the current cabaret revival returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, its august birthplace. La Clique...
Fringe Review: Jonny Woo: Wonder Woo-Man

Fringe Review: Jonny Woo: Wonder Woo-Man

Compelling tales abound in the 20 years that Jonny Woo has spent honing his acclaimed stagecraft. Wonder Woo-Man, his autobiographical solo show at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is a brilliantly crafted hour of original songs and hilarious drag characters,...
Fringe Review: Midnight Kabarett

Fringe Review: Midnight Kabarett

If there’s one thing the cabaret programme of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe proves, it’s that variety shows do not translate easily into the one-hour format. Casual and unassuming, Midnight Kabarett continues a four-year tradition of gathering national stars and...