by Ed Gosling | Jan 20, 2016 | Circus, Reviews
Amaluna is a relatively recent output from Cirque du Soleil; it premiered in 2012 and has been touring since. Now, at the start of 2016, it touches down for a few months at the Royal Albert Hall, the traditional time and place for the company’s UK visits. Having...
by Johnny Fox | Dec 7, 2015 | Cabaret, Reviews
She’s at it again. Not content with stripping the bones and sinews of Jacques Brel, Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley, the ‘Silent Witness’ of the cabaret circuit Barb Jungr now forensically dissects and reconstructs the Beatles. It has become a cliché to say that ‘she...
by Johnny Fox | Oct 1, 2015 | Cabaret, Reviews
‘Wanna Sing a Show Tune’ starts Michael Feinstein, cementing a career which has stretched across thirty years of meticulous analysis and delivery of the entire catalogue of the ‘Great American Songbook’ – a songbook which, he tells his British audiences, is truly...
by Johnny Fox | Jul 27, 2015 | Cabaret
A shouty songbook show with a 1980s ‘Opportunity Knocks’ loser? Of hard rock? On a Sunday night? At the arse end of the District Line? What have I done to deserve this? Even though I’m a long-time Billy Joel fan, the prospect of a soundalike gig on the wrong side of...
by Nicola Rainbow | Jul 25, 2015 | Cabaret, Editorial, Features, Reviews
Say it quietly but cabaret sometimes happens outside London. We sent in editor Nicola Rainbow to check out the Latitude Festival’s cabaret tent. Here’s what happened at the Latitude Festival cabaret tent on Friday night. How did Penny Arcade, Paul...
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