Review: Hellscreen, The Vault Festival

Review: Hellscreen, The Vault Festival

“Who could you be if you lived without limitation?” This is the premise of Hellscreen, a play by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm adapted from a Japanese horror story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa published in 1918. Set in contemporary London, the story follows artist Frank Holt (East...
Jonny Woo: Heavensent And Hellbent

Jonny Woo: Heavensent And Hellbent

Being called an East End drag legend may sound like an epitaph but Jonny Woo is currently making like Conchita Wurst and rising like a phoenix. He hosted regular variety circus show Boom & Bang at The Roundhouse, he has a new band, helped open a new cabaret venue...
Fraff: A Review in Five (Terrible) Poems

Fraff: A Review in Five (Terrible) Poems

Curated and compered by alt-drag enfant terrible Scottee of Camp, Hamburger Queen, and The Worst Of Scottee fame, new project Fraff kicked off earlier this month with a show at Rich Mix. The night brought together an impressive collection of alt-cabaret luminaries to...
In Pictures: Prospero’s Tavern

In Pictures: Prospero’s Tavern

Boom Boom Club is one of the most innovative cabaret collectives in the UK. Prospero’s Tavern, their latest production, recreates the plot of Shakespeare’s The Tempest to make Prospero the owner of a mythical pub with live entertainment, mixing theatre an...