Cabaret
Music, drama, comedy all wrapped into one and served up in a cosy environment like a pub or a restaurant. We don’t review enough Cabaret really, but you’ll find what we have reviewed here.
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Review: Midnight at the Never Get, Menier Chocolate Factory
A moving melodic tale of forbidden love, artistic struggle and the music that keeps love and hope alive
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Review: The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Full Moon, Sabai Pavilion, Shepherd’s Bush
A riot of rhinestones, pop anthems and camp chaos that dazzles and overwhelms in equal measure
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Review: AFTERDARK, Pride in Kingston
An unusual way to beat the heat while simultaneously supporting hyper-local Pride, rolling around the footings of a 12th-century Saxon bridge over the River Thames proves an unexpected treat.
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Review: Mrs Dalloway, Wilton’s Music Hall
Virginia Woolf meets disco, cabaret and stand-up in a daring but bewildering theatrical mix of genres.
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Review: Dead Doves and Lemons, Etcetera Theatre
Part lecture, part performance, pure passion – a must for the fan fiction curious, and for fan fiction devotees.
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Review: Zoe Wohlfeld: Dog Funeral, Soho Theatre
The title of Zoe Wohlfeld’s Dog Funeral promises exactly the kind of sweetly sinister paradox that the show delivers. It is a clown show about grief, an hour-long act of comic mourning that constantly balances the adorable against the disturbing.…
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Review: Eurovision: Your Decision, The Royal Vauxhall Tavern
An affectionate, hilarious romp through seventy years of the competition that seems to divide and yet unite us all.
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Review: Chat Noir, The Lost Estate
A unique immersive experience set in 1890s Paris that indulges in debauchery and revels in fun for a night full of all things cabaret
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Review: An Evening Without Kate Bush, Underbelly Boulevard
A playful, affectionate blend of tribute and comedy, delivering a joyful, well‑crafted celebration of Kate Bush.
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Review: That’s Not My Name, Pleasance Theatre
A chaotic and fearless solo show that confronts psychiatry as it drags its audience into madness.