Cabaret is a difficult show to get right, especially now, when it seems so eerily prescient. The balance between subversive enough to press the point and tame enough for the regular theatre-goer is fraught, the […]
Review: SMS Cabaret – Certainly a glitzy performance
Stage Musicals Society’s latest production of Cabaret certainly delivers the high kicks expected of SMS. However the surface spectacle could not distract from the hollowness at the heart of this production. Cabaret follows a young […]
Review: Lady Boys of Bangkok: Forever Yours – surprisingly innocent entertainment
Some say that this is the best time of year; leaves begin to fall, nights become longer and jumpers become our cosy companions. Yet for some of us there is another tradition which appears on […]
Comedy: How to describe Figs In Wigs…
London-based performance group Figs in Wigs are not easy to describe. Their website offers some help, suggesting you imagine ‘Kraftwerk meets Chicks on Speed at a fruit stall…and you‘re nowhere close’. However, their latest offering […]
Come hear the music play…Come to the Cabaret. A Preview
In the wise words of Liza Minelli, put down your knitting, your book and your broom and join the Stage Musical Society in their one time only Cabaret Show that’s sure to get your toes […]