by Mia Boum Boum | Jul 16, 2015 | Burlesque, Reviews
This Is Cabaret Rating: ★★★★☆ Those who ventured to London Wonderground’s South Bank Spiegeltent last year to sample Tempest Rose and her House of Burlesque may be slightly perturbed that in this year’s offering, very few of her original cast members have...
by Franco Milazzo | Jun 7, 2015 | Burlesque, Features, Interview
While the global burlesque press is fixated on the American scene, the future of the art form is right here in the UK. Did you know that the London burlesque scene is one of the most creative in the world? The biggest annual international burlesque bunfest of them all...
by Katharine Kavanagh | May 28, 2015 | Burlesque, Reviews, Theatre
Nell Gwynn is not only one of history’s most famous red-heads, she is also an icon of 17th Century feminism, as this history reveals. Appropriately enough for the burlesque star ‘who just can’t stop talking’, Ginger Blush has created a...
by Franco Milazzo | May 1, 2015 | Burlesque, Circus, Drag, Interview
London Wonderground once again hosts the circus-burlesque-drag-comedy collective that is Briefs. Hailing from Australia, their ever-popular and critically-acclaimed Second Coming is on its third outing at the Southbank venue. The show brings together two of finest...
by Nicola Rainbow | Apr 20, 2015 | Burlesque, Features, Previews
The Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival 2015 opens its doors next Thursday for four packed days of shows, workshops and more. We look into what this shining jewel of the UK burlesque scene has to offer. Fans of the art of burlesque may remember the frankly and rather...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 18, 2015 | Burlesque, Reviews
Imelda Staunton stars in Gypsy, musical theatre’s tribute to the life and times of striptease artiste Gypsy Rose Lee. This latest outing has had rave write-ups from writers who wouldn’t know a pastie from a pasty so what did our reviewer Rebecca Wigmore...
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