by Mia Boum Boum | Apr 26, 2015 | Drag, Reviews, Theatre
It’s fitting that Shock Treatment, the equal (yes, equal) to the cult behemoth Rocky Horror Picture Show, is getting its stage premiere at the King’s head Theatre. The stage version of Richard O’Brien’s rather more famous work debuted at the Royal Court Upstairs...
by Laurane Marchive | Apr 21, 2015 | Circus, Reviews
Talent contest Circus Maximus returned to the Southbank’s Udderbelly for its third year on its mission to find the best big top artists in the UK. For a week, twenty acts competed from across a veritable kaleidoscope of disciplines (such as aerial, juggling,...
by Candace Chan | Apr 21, 2015 | Drag, Reviews
It’s a Drag Race fan’s dream come true: in RuPaul’s Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons (BOTS), stars of the hugely popular reality show descended upon the Clapham Grand for a special evening of what RuPaul would call “eleganza extravaganza”. This is an epic show. It is...
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...
by This Is Cabaret | Apr 9, 2015 | Reviews
Drag artistes are not renowned for holding their tongues but what Dublin-based Panti said last year on stage was heard around the world. When Panti – who describes herself as “a drag queen, a performer, and an accidental and occasional gay rights...
by Franco Milazzo | Apr 1, 2015 | Reviews
Sometimes, music defies mathematics. One and one sometimes makes more than two and recent collaborations between comic singer Sarah-Louise Young and maestro Michael Roulston are a prime example of this. Individually, they have forged enviable careers. Roulston is the...
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