There are few finer cabaret venues in London than the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (affectionately aka the RVT). There are many larger venues with better facilities but RVT has a quintessentially cosy atmosphere which belies its capacity. There’s plenty of seating, a good view for everyone …
Soho Theatre certainly knows how to attract great cabaret. As well as hosting Bourgeois & Maurice, tonight the theatre has the very last outing for the Time Out Critics’ Choice Cabaret Whore, the one-woman show by Sarah-Louise Young which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in …
Bourgeois & Maurice Bourgeois and Maurice‘s second full show, Shedding Skin, has arrived at the Soho Theatre just as many of their comedy compatriots head north for the Edinburgh Fringe. That, though, is fine with this particular duo as they have an altogether different destination: …
Previously known as the Whitehall Theatre, Trafalgar Studios is hosting Confessions of a Dancewhore, part of Pride 2010. Written and performed by Michael Twaits, the show is a queer cornucopia of cabaret, comedy and commentary exploring the politics of identity. Twaits knows how to make …
Why should you go to a basement venue condemned for redevelopment to hear a tall slender American woman you probably haven’t heard of sing the works of a long-dead composer and lyricist? Because, trust us, you should. For three good reasons. One : Karen Akers …
In a city constantly searching for the next exclusive thing, where a ‘hidden’, yet perfectly PR’d pop-up opens every day, it’s rare to come across anything that’s managed to stay a secret for very long. Full marks, then, to the Coach and Horses Pub in …
At a loose end this evening? Well prepare to have your senses dazzled by an array of visual delights and musical treats, social commentary and political comedy over the three floors of The Brickhouse on Brick Lane. For a mere £35 they’ll serve you a …
Tricity Vogue: just one of the acts at the mad, wacky Magic Night We’re watching a man guessing which sexual disease a woman has chosen out of a possible list of six. What’s more, he’s getting thunderous applause for it. His ‘assistant’, picked from a …
Prohibition Party Dancers, Image courtesy of Max Ross Here at Londonist Towers we’ve been sorting through the hugely varied and delightfully tempting events that are happening in this fair city to welcome 2010. Here are our picks of the most interesting, hopefully with something for …
It’s got a cross-dressing hero, it’s got a sing-a-long, and you’re meant to yell out “He’s behind you!” but Peter Pandemonium isn’t your typical Christmas panto. It is in fact the 9th annual Battersea Barge Cabaret Panto, and some of the cast members have been …
A Festive Happening (which may or may not be relevant to your own religious beliefs) is happening tonight, tomorrow and the next night at the RVT. Leading purveyors of entertaining cynicism, amorality and social paranoia, Bourgeois and Maurice are bound to lift the spirits at …
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