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Archive for the 'Cabaret' Category

Miss Hope Springs – Leicester Square Theatre, London

Written and Performed by: Ty Jeffries Reviewer: Frankie Forman The Public Reviews Rating: ★★☆☆☆ An animated crowd nestled in around me at the Leicester Square Theatre for the late show of Miss Hope Springs…Sings Her Songs. Next to me, on our velvet-cushioned wooden chairs, a man claimed he’d flown in from Australia to see her. Was it the truth? [...]

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We Hope That You Are Happy/30 Cecil Street – The Junction, Cambridge

Directors: Jessica Latowicki and Dan Canham. Reviewer: Jack Trott The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆   Handed popcorn as you walk into the intimate theatre space and greeted by Jessica Latowicki with a warm smile, standing atop a podium, the audience is engaged from the very outset of We Hope That You Are Happy . The seating set too close [...]

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A Spotlight On… Kim Ismay – Landor Theatre, London

Reviewer: Jonathan Grant The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★★ For the second year running the Landor Theatre has transformed into a cabaret venue, providing a stage for West End stars, both long established and newly emerging, to showcase themselves in an atmosphere that is intimate and yet stylishly professional with its A Spotlight On… season. This year’s run was opened [...]

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Amateur Thematics – The Lowry, Salford

Writers: Kieran King, Benny-Jo Zahl, Dave Viney Reviewer: Laura Maley The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ The Working Verse Collective are Greater Manchester poets Kieren King, Benny-Jo Zahl and Dave Viney. Amateur Thematics is their first group show and the fact that it’s at The Lowry is one they refer to a number of times during the show, with some [...]

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Fascinating Aida – Charing Cross Theatre, London

Writers: Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson, Sarah Louise Young, Issy Van Randwyck, Marilyn Cutts, Richard Link and Russell Churney Director: Spencer Solomon Reviewer: Leon Paul The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★★ After nearly thirty years on the road, Dillie Keane & Adele Anderson have accepted a new member of Fascinating Aida into the fold. Apparently halving the average age on stage [...]

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Christmas with the Rat Pack: Live from Las Vegas – New Alexandra Theatre , Birmingham

Reviewer: Selwyn Knight The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★☆ It’s 1960 at the legendary Sands Hotel, Las Vegas and Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr are performing with the glamorous Burelli Sisters and the Rat Pack Big Band. That they are great friends off stage is obvious in their joshing. Also obvious is their considerable talent. Of course, [...]

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Slippery Belle presents an evening of Burlesque and Cabaret, Dewsbury Town Hall

The Public Reviews Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Reviewer: Rosie Revell Slippery Belle promised an evening of glamour, retro decadence and old fashioned debauchery for Dewsbury Town Hall. I wish I could say it delivered but what followed was a bitty evening, it promised much but did not live up to the expectation. If I could sum up the show in one [...]

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La Soiree –The Roundhouse, London

Reviewer: Carrie Carter The Public Reviews Rating: ★★★★½ The moment you enter the Roundhouse for this limited Christmas season of La Soiree, it is clear that something incredible is about to happen. Dapper ushers in top hats and waistcoats point you to the bars, and girls in sparkly dresses show you towards your seats, making one thing immediately known: [...]

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