Off The Top! is the title of Jason Kravits’ improvised musical comedy show that’s on this week at Live At Zédel. Kravits is an American performer who’s appeared on Broadway and is a regular guest star on TV in shows such as The Big Bang Theory, The Kominsky Method and The Deuce. As you take your seat in the superb art deco room that is The Crazy Coqs, there’s a … [Read more...]
London Cabaret Reviews - West End and Off-West End
If you are planning to visit London to see a cabaret on stage at one of the West End theatres, or cabaret in one of the many Off West End or Fringe venues, then maybe our London cabaret reviews section can be of help? Read one of the latest reviews or use the search button to find and view one of our previous reviews. We use a star rating system on our site.
The Black Cat Cabaret Presents Black Cat: Bohemia
Well, the first thing it has is a truly magnificent compere in the shape of Miss Frisky (Laura Corcoran). Frisky by name and frisky by nature, Miss F is the perfect hostess. She could be described as a female drag queen, the costume and mannerisms are so reminiscent of the best drag performers you will see. Frisky ‘bantz’ with the audience, somehow being drawn to other theatrical types and wealthy men, all of whom can’t help but respond to her winning personality and charm. Not only that but Laura has an extremely good singing voice, which really comes into its own in powerful performances of Kate Bush’s “Wow” and Springsteen’s “Because the Night” all sung to the backing of the live band under the direction of James Keay.
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Mel and Lenny’s Christmas Ding Dong at Crazy Coqs | Review
Another hilarious night at The Crazy Coqs with satirical Goddess Melinda Hughes and her special guest the outrageously funny Lenny Beige. Together they created a chemistry which produced energy and warmth in the room so that by the end an otherwise reticent audience was singing along to Sweet Caroline with uninhibited abandon. It was exhilarating stuff and really … [Read more...]
An Evening Without Kate Bush at the Museum of Comedy
A show like An Evening Without Kate Bush needs to satisfy, as Sarah-Louise Young acknowledges, two groups, or camps, or categories of audience member: those who see the words ‘Kate Bush’ in the title of the show and therefore want to see what it’s all about, and those who are dragged along by Kate Bush’s fans / followers / ‘Fish People’ (if you know, you know) to see … [Read more...]
HERSTORY: The Polly Clamorous Collective at the Gielgud Theatre
Herstory is a good concept and sits well with the likes of several blockbuster hits celebrating women (Six and Waitress among the newer ones, Mamma Mia! and Wicked among the more established London shows). This is an attempt at an overview of various women that made a success of their lives. As the issue of diversity continues to crop up, with justification, in the … [Read more...]
Little Death Club at Underbelly Festival Southbank | Review
Bernie Dieter’s ‘punk kabarett’ act headlines the Southbank’s Underbelly Festival with a perfect blend of classical Weimar subversion and modern escapism. For the purist, LITTLE DEATH CLUB has all the essential high-quality cabaret features: torch song, droll drag comedy, circus spectacle and - with added frisson for a British venue - extra-butt-clenchingly … [Read more...]
The Black Cat Cabaret Presents Black Cat: Bohemia
Circus shows are ten a penny these days You can barely walk the streets of London without running into another set of acrobats, jugglers and scary clowns vying with each other to get your attention and hard earned cash. Down on the South Bank, the Underbelly festival has had a few circus shows during this year’s run and now another has rolled into the Spiegeltent. So … [Read more...]
Barry Humphries’ Weimar Cabaret at the Barbican | Review
If you’ve followed Barry Humphries’ career this past half-century – and be honest, possums, most of you have – you won’t be entirely surprised by his idea of compiling and hosting an evening of music and song from the Weimar years. If you weren’t aware of quite how strong this preoccupation has been in the course of his life’s eight and a half decades, this is … [Read more...]
Liza Pulman Sings Streisand – ‘a wonderful cabaret performance’
Of all the iconic divas that have graced the stage and recording studios, Barbra Streisand is probably one of, if not the most famous. With a career spanning over five decades, she has recorded nearly 40 albums, appeared in 18 films, won 8 Grammys and 3 Academy Awards. I could go on listing Streisand's achievements but there are only so many hours in the day. This is … [Read more...]
Review of Britney Spears The Cabaret at the The Other Palace
A happier, more enthusiastic Britney audience would be extremely hard to find as we stream into Andrew Lloyd Webber’s gorgeous The Other Palace Theatre in anticipation of our evening at Britney Spears: The Cabaret. A solitary grand piano is set on stage underneath a tumbling waterfall chandelier; we settle into the intimately-packed cabaret seats, the majority of … [Read more...]