This festive season is the perfect excuse to catch cabaret royalty at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Pros: You’re unlikely to see anything quite like this anywhere else. happily its uniquely irresistible Cons: Anyone looking for any kind of clear narrative or thematic structure will be left bewildered, and probably pretty disappointed Standing in the auditorium of the Royal Festival Hall, dodging the massive inflatable balls being hurled around by the audience, I began to wonder what the hell was going on. It was 9pm on a cold December evening, I was playing an elaborate game of ...

An absolutely outstanding multi-sensory promenade performance, and whether you love it or not, it’s unlikely you’ll ever have experienced anything quite like this before.

An intimate and compelling take on Indian heritage and British colonialism.

A quirky and thought-provoking show, but not a rip-roaring night out.

Pros: Carr offers a fresh perspective on a controversial topic and puts forward some compelling arguments. Cons: The show is at times repetitive and scattergun in its approach, with distractingly poor production values. I confess, I’ve been looking forward to Assisted Suicide: The Musical partly because of its wonderfully subversive title. Friends gave me impressively uncomfortable looks and made awkward comments when I told them the title of the show. I think these brief interactions alone indicated the general discomfort ...

Pros: The variation in this cabaret offering means even that if one act isn’t quite your thing, the next will be along in just a few minutes. Cons: Slightly let down by what appeared a total lack of organisation beforehand, with the advertised start time, already late, missed by almost 30 minutes, and the audience left queuing with no clue what was happening. Hotel Black Cat, part of London Wonderground’s season, is a full-throttle mixture of cabaret, circus, music and adult pantomime, ...

A fascinating show, which is a delight for eyes and the brain.

Bursting with energy, this firecracker of a show brings an authentic taste of Brazil to London.

An incredible acrobatic display of human limits that is absolutely unmissable.