by Lu Cyrcus | Apr 8, 2016 | Circus, Reviews
Traditionally in Big Top circus the female aerialist is an object of desire, her distance as much a part of the other-worldly allure as her skimpy sequinned costume and her spectacular tricks. She is meant to be both sexy and unattainable, and that’s what keeps...
by Ed Gosling | Mar 26, 2016 | Circus, Reviews, Theatre
These Books Are Made for Walking is a new production chiefly devised by multi-skilled circus artist Alice Allart, clown performer Fabrice Dominici and musician Patrice Colet. Suitable for children and adults, the story unfolds with a lonely librarian (Dominici) who...
by Franco Milazzo | Mar 18, 2016 | Reviews
Very few performers have pushed the boundaries of cabaret like Empress Stah (above, centre). She started out strutting her stuff as a drag queen in Sydney clubs and has progressed to incorporating burlesque and circus into her increasingly inventive acts which have...
by Johnny Fox | Mar 15, 2016 | Cabaret, Reviews
This is a BOGOF worthy of Ben Rimalower’s beloved discount store Target: his two one-hour monologues Patti Issues and Bad With Money ran separately off Broadway – the paean of love to Ms LuPone for over a year – but in London come bolted together for the one cover...
by Franco Milazzo | Mar 11, 2016 | Cabaret, Reviews
This Is Cabaret rating ★★★★☆ Having become a mother since her last visit to Soho Theatre, Lady Rizo has a brand new shebang and she’s here to tell us all about it with little in the way of sentiment or shyness: “it was the first time I’d had a penis inside me for...
by This Is Cabaret | Mar 4, 2016 | Features, Musical Comedy, Reviews
The award-winning NY chanteuse Lady Rizo returns next week to the Soho Theatre stage for the UK debut of her new show Multiplied. This time around, she’s joined not just by a backing band but by her months-old son, Tennyson. Before she touched down in London, we spoke...
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