by Katharine Kavanagh | Sep 3, 2015 | Circus, Editorial, Features
Colder weather is coming, but festival season isn’t over yet, with the Wonderground continuing until 27th with a variety of cabaret nights and the brazen Briefs boys. September is also the month for the free annual Out There Festival of street and circus acts in...
by This Is Cabaret | Aug 14, 2015 | Burlesque, Circus, Drag, Reviews
This Is Cabaret Rating: ★★★★★ Briefs is no stranger to the London Wonderground’s Spiegeltent and the ensemble of boylesque, circus and drag performers are back in the capital showing Marika Rauscher exactly why. As opening numbers go, Briefs‘ is...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 11, 2015 | Cabaret, Circus, Variety
So where would one start, reviewing cabaret, in Edinburgh…? A show that celebrates the best of traditional and modern Scottish culture in the beautiful Assembly Gardens’ Spiegeltent sounds like a no brainer. And what a treat Le Haggis turns out to be! The...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Aug 7, 2015 | Circus, Editorial, Features
Whatever the weather throws at us this month, there’s something circusy out there to see us through. Shall we start with the inevitable? Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This year, producing powerhouse Underbelly has cottoned on to the major draw of circus, and have set up...
by This Is Cabaret | Jul 18, 2015 | Circus, Features
Move aside, Orange Is The New Black. Suck it, L Word. As for you, Tipping The Velvet, you can stick it where the sun don’t shine. And we don’t mean Birmingham. Daggers MacKenzie is the all-singing some-knife-throwing lesbian drama looking to rock Edinburgh...
by Laurane Marchive | Jul 14, 2015 | Circus, Reviews
Every summer the third year students of the National Centre for Circus Arts (previously known as Circus Space) showcase their skills in an ensemble show featuring everyone who graduates that year, all condensed into a single hour. Such an endeavour presents a certain...
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