Taking over from SOAP as Underbelly Southbank's second Spiegeltent headliner of the summer, Circa's Peepshow is regrettably culpable of the same sins: imaginative ideas seem oddly infrequent, sequences often feel underehearsed and intended effect is somewhat incoherent. An …
The next headliner in Underbelly Southbank's 2018 season, SOAP, splashes about but rarely makes waves in its endeavour to be the raunchy circus smash of the summer. Talent feels underused and underserved - and you …
Described as the 'grammy-nominated godfathers of alternative cabaret', The Tiger Lillies take us on an eclectic journey into all things dissident and dark in Devil's Fairground - but at moments withdraw from truly captivating their audience. With an …
It's about as twee and anodyne as shows come - but A Spoonful of Sherman is well-produced, energetically performed and entirely successful at bringing its (elderly) target audience to their feet. If the Oliviers ever introduce …
Love Happens Here: an LGBTQI Cabaret showcases some genuinely great voices, but suffers from a lack of the nudge-nudge-wink-wink delivery characteristic of both the cabaret genre and the most successful am-dram offerings. On the face of it, …
Ad Libido's superb structuring, relentless creativity and unmitigated rigour ensures it's as didactic, thought-provoking and genuinely affirming as one could hope for. Fran Bushe’s quasi-autobiographical Ad Libido adeptly deconstructs a taboo which continues to receive next to …
Matt Tedford's latest Thatcher show - Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows - is a glitzy night out, despite the comedy being somewhat tired. It is clear from the sheer number of people squeezed into Assembly’s Picolo …
Underbelly's Denim: World Tour will get your heart pumping and your foot tapping, as these queens take the stage by storm. For one hour only, Underbelly Cowgate transforms into Wembley Arena as this highly dramatic, larger-than-life show …
The Children Are Stinky duo are tremendously competent hand balancers, jugglers and acrobats. But - far more importantly - they also know exactly how to make kids gasp, cheer and feel confident. And that combination …
Created and performed by two founding members of the Australian feminist cabaret troupe Lady Sings It Better, Mother's Ruin: A Cabaret about Gin is an atypically informative and well-researched 60-minute cabaret piece focusing on the politicised history …
The 'second album' to the company's cult sell-out, Briefs: Close Encounters is tighter and more artistically ambitious than its antecedent. Outside of the ensemble numbers though, momentum and fluidity is not always sustained - and the …
Relentlessly silly and impossibly imaginative, Slightly Fat Features in VarietySoup is as good a family-friendly introduction to the world of cabaret and variety as they come. The aesthetic could not be more perfect; Slightly Fat Features have gone to …