by Franco Milazzo | Feb 11, 2014 | Features
As recently as three years ago, most cabaret performers were unlikely to win anything more than praise. Genre-specific trophies like Burlesque Idol, Drag Idol and the Musical Comedy Awards have been around for a while but, until the arrival of the London Cabaret...
by Franco Milazzo | Feb 7, 2014 | Features, Interview, Theatre
With themes of family, betrayal and murder, Renaissance playwright John Webster’s The Duchess Of Malfi is not a play for the squeamish. New theatre company Inky Cloak have updated this classic for their debut production with third gender performer LaJohn Joseph...
by Franco Milazzo | Feb 4, 2014 | Drag, News
On 11 January 2014, Rory O’Neill (aka famed Dublin drag queen Panti Bliss) was interviewed on Irish channel RTÉ’s Saturday Night Show.During the interview, he listed a number of newspaper journalists and said that he believed that “people who...
by Franco Milazzo | Jan 30, 2014 | Reviews
Let’s get the party started: this new Saturday show is a brilliant, high-flying addition to the London cabaret skyline. The Cafe de Paris’ Showtime is the successor to the Wam Bam Club. Photo by Lisa Thomson. The Amazing Ari certainly lives up to his...
by Franco Milazzo | Jan 18, 2014 | Reviews
Mime may not be an obvious genre that comes to mind to some when thinking of cabaret. They should think again: last year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival gave its highest comedy awards to not one but two of cabaret’s silent sons in The Boy With Tape On His Face and...
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