by Johnny Fox | Sep 12, 2014 | Cabaret, Reviews
Oooh, Christina Bianco, aren’t you a fierce little bundle of talent? Afflicted, in her own words, with an ability and an enthusiasm to sing almost any style of music from a very young age, she’s blossomed into an entertainer whose capability is both formidable, and...
by Johnny Fox | Sep 10, 2014 | Cabaret
There’s a late-night BBC Four TV series where people from some affinity group of senior citizens like Vicars, Jews or Liverpudlians simply ‘Telling Jokes’. When they get to ‘Old Doctors’, these chaps will be a shoe-in. I wanted to see Instant Sunshine...
by Johnny Fox | Sep 2, 2014 | Cabaret, Reviews
I met Quentin Crisp on his first book tour after John Hurt’s daring portrayal in the 1975 TV movie The Naked Civil Servant turned him into an overnight celebrity at the tender age of 66. What struck me was that off-stage he was gentle and charming and calm, but...
by This Is Cabaret | Aug 24, 2014 | Cabaret, Previews
Britney Spears has rarely been out of the limelight since she was knee-high to a grown man in a Mickey Mouse outfit. Ok, maybe a little taller. Her tracks Oops!…I Did It Again and …Baby One More Time soundtracked the Noughties and no doubt quite a few...
by Nicola Rainbow | Aug 18, 2014 | Cabaret, Features, Interview, Spoken WOrd
Our “track-by-track” artist breakdowns of current albums have been a popular addition to This Is Cabaret in the past. Marcus Reeves was kind enough to talk about his debut, Quicksilver – The Masquerade Macabre, Die Roten Punkte dispelled few mysteries when...
by Laura Cress | Aug 13, 2014 | Cabaret, Reviews
There’s nothing new or startling about Celia Imrie’s one woman cabaret Laughing Matters at the St. James Studio, but that doesn’t seem to matter because it’s Celia Imrie. Even when the vocals are strained and the song choices a little predictable, she still manages to...
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