Preview: Chabaret!

Preview: Chabaret!

There are charity events, and there are cabaret superstar-studded charity events. Chabaret! is one of the latter. Jim Patterson is planning to raise £12,000 for two children’s charities (Unicef and Scene and Heard) by running twelve marathons in 2012. This...
Preview: Cabaret: Past, Present, Future

Preview: Cabaret: Past, Present, Future

As part of the ToMax Talks series of lectures, three of the best cabaret performers of recent years will be speaking tomorrow night about the fast-growing artform. Like TED, the talks have so far ranged far and wide. Upcoming guests include the entrepreneur behind...
Review: Mat Ricardo’s London Varieties

Review: Mat Ricardo’s London Varieties

Cabaret, circus and magic meet videos, podcasts and talk shows. Live. In one stage. No one can accuse Mat Ricardo’s London Varieties of having a misleading title. The ambitious revue is at once modern and nostalgic. Part old-school vaudeville tribute, part multimedia...
Bête Noire Says Good-Bye to Madame Jojo’s

Bête Noire Says Good-Bye to Madame Jojo’s

Social reformers have one less reason to worry about Soho: after a year’s reign on the prestige Thursday night spot at Madame Jojo’s, Bête Noire has been put to sleep. The black beast was London’s foremost showcase for raunchy burlesque and politically incorrect...