by Franco Milazzo | Aug 11, 2017 | Burlesque, Circus
From the same source as the Australian all-male burlesque, circus and drag extravaganza that is Briefs comes Hot Brown Honey. Flipping genders, this show encompasses many of Brief’s art forms (with some new ones thrown in) with a mission to raise the profiles of...
by Belinda Liversedge | Jul 2, 2017 | Burlesque, Reviews
Deep inside the newly-renamed Underbelly Festival, burlesque extravaganza Between The Sheets invites us to dim the lights and slip into bed for their fourth run at the Paradiso Spiegeltent. Producer and MC Polly Rae has kept the show largely as it was last year but...
by This Is Cabaret | Jun 6, 2017 | Burlesque, Interview, Spoken WOrd
Oi, you. Sentient flesh owner. I have some questions for you. Do you think you’re sexy? What do you find sexy? What does sexy even mean? – Vanessa Kisuule Spoken word artiste Vanessa Kisuule is not your normal versifier. She has already released her first book...
by This Is Cabaret | May 31, 2017 | Burlesque, Circus, Drag
Briefs’ bandleader Fez Fanaana spills the beans on their new show. The all-male Australian comedy-slash-circus-slash-drag-slash-boylesque cabaret phenomenon known as Briefs returns to London next month. Once again, they will be taking over the Paradiso...
by Franco Milazzo | May 15, 2017 | Burlesque, Musical Comedy, Reviews
Now this is a rarity: a variety night with stand-up comics as a regular part of the bill. And that’s comics plural as regular Underbelly Festival event Friday Night Filth takes not one but two comedians away from their usual microphone stands and puts them in a tent...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 1, 2017 | Burlesque, Drag, News
Soho Estates have announced that, when the scaffolding around the Madame Jojo’s venue eventually comes down next year, there will be “something very different”. John James, MD of Soho Estates and Paul Raymond’s son-in-law, exclusively filled us in on the...
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