by Johnny Fox | Oct 1, 2014 | Cabaret, Reviews
Despite a grand revival of Fings Ain’t What They Used T’Be at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, Lionel Bart seems to have dropped out of favour. In the 50s he was the hell raising wunderkind of both pop and musical theatre, firmly cementing his success...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Sep 25, 2014 | Circus, Features, Previews, Reviews, Video
This year’s Raindance Film Festival is now underway, and we’ve had a sneak preview of the circus documentary Grazing The Sky that’s showing next weekend… Directed and produced by Mexican film-maker Horacio Alcalá, Grazing The Sky intercepts the...
by David Lloyd-Davies | Sep 24, 2014 | Drag, Reviews
Betty Legs Diamond, the drag creation of Simon Green, is one of the founding members of Blackpool club Funny Girls but left in 2010 after 16 years apparently due to interfering producers. Since then she has taken up residency in Newcastle’s Boulevard. I saw her...
by Laura Cress | Sep 22, 2014 | Reviews
It’s your everyday tale of suburban mundane goes suburban insane in this short but stylistically inventive musical comedy from Spatfeather Theatre at Jacksons Lane. The Liberation of Colette Simple might not quite have the substance to match its more outlandish...
by Katharine Kavanagh | Sep 20, 2014 | Circus, Editorial, Features, Reviews
Gone are the days of the three ring travelling circus in Britain but, last weekend, we caught up on three strands of the contemporary circus world under Zippos’ canvas. Zippos Circus have been touring this summer with a full length show titled Unchained. ...
by Ed Gosling | Sep 19, 2014 | Circus, Reviews
This limited run of Séquence 8, the latest creation of Québec company The 7 Fingers (Les 7 Doigts de la Main), fizzles with danger and beauty. Seeing this show at Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre, I was reminded of a moment when Aaron Sparks talks about modern...
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