by Candace Chan | Mar 2, 2015 | Drag, Reviews, Theatre
“Who could you be if you lived without limitation?” This is the premise of Hellscreen, a play by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm adapted from a Japanese horror story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa published in 1918. Set in contemporary London, the story follows artist Frank Holt (East...
by Johnny Fox | Feb 25, 2015 | Reviews
It’s not often you get to spend the night with someone who danced with Fred Astaire, drank with Dean Martin and did who-knows-what with Elvis. It’s been eleven years since Liliane Montevecchi played London. Then she enthralled Pizza on the Park, now it’s Crazy Coqs...
by Franco Milazzo | Feb 23, 2015 | Reviews
Being called an East End drag legend may sound like an epitaph but Jonny Woo is currently making like Conchita Wurst and rising like a phoenix. He hosted regular variety circus show Boom & Bang at The Roundhouse, he has a new band, helped open a new cabaret venue...
by Ed Gosling | Feb 19, 2015 | Circus, Reviews
Canadian troupe Cirque Eloize has touched down in London for ten days ahead of a UK tour. One of the forerunners of Cirque Nouveau, they’ve been blending high level circus with narrative and storytelling since 1993. The last show I saw at the Peacock theatre...
by Johnny Fox | Feb 19, 2015 | Cabaret, Reviews
Anne Reid’s father was a foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, reporting from India, Iran and Lebanon. She says she likes journalists, as long as they don’t write anything nasty about her. Spending an evening in her company at Crazy Coqs it would be...
by Candace Chan | Feb 17, 2015 | Reviews
Michael Twaits at Suburbaret, February 2015. Image: Paul Grace Timberlina at Suburbaret, February 2015. Image: Paul Grace Emily Davis at Suburbaret, February 2015. Image: Paul Grace Gareth Cutter at Suburbaret, February 2015. Image: Paul Grace Suburbia and cabaret...
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