Cabaret

Most of these reviews and features were first published on Broadway Baby where I freelance as Circus, Dance, Physical Theatre, and Cabaret Editor. If you'd like me to review your upcoming show, please get in touch.

Aug 15, 2023

Ben Hart: Jadoo ★★★★

As we enter the dimly-lit environs of the gorgeous Spiegeltent Palais du Variété, the scent of incense hangs in the air, music plays, and...

Aug 15, 2015

Afternoon Delight ★★

Bill shows (where the show is made up of several guest acts) can be a mixed bag especially when the format is to showcase one venue’s...

Aug 11, 2015

Dandy Darkly's Trigger Happy! ★★★★

Dandy Darkly, resplendent in a fringed and spangled cowboy costume complete with tiny Stetson and incredibly pointy snakeskin boots opens...

Aug 15, 2014

Renz Novani: Spellbinder - Magic & MyStory ★★★★

This stripped-down mind reading act doesn't have any music, set, lighting changes or bells and whistles and it doesn't need them. It's...

Aug 15, 2014

Lady Rizo ★★★★★

Lady Rizo has quickly become a darling of the Edinburgh Fringe. In three short years, she's now a must-see act and it's easy to see why....

Aug 9, 2014

Rayguns Look Real Enough: Hall of Fame ★★★★

Ray Gunn and Luke Reel were expecting to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame but a misunderstanding about the eligibility...

Aug 7, 2014

Colin Cloud – The Forensic Mind Reader ★★★★★

Colin Cloud strolls confidently on stage and announces that he already knows what we’re thinking. It’s easy to believe him; he’s every...

Aug 6, 2014

The Creative Martyrs: CabapocalypsaretThe Creative Martyrs: Cabapocalypsaret ★★★★★

Last year the Creative Martyrs offered weary Fringe-goers refuge from the apocalypse in their musical show at the end of the world. They...

Aug 4, 2014

Dr Sketchy's Edinburgh Anti Art School Experience ★★★

Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School is an international phenomenon with events on six continents and an army of dedicated ‘Art Monkeys’...

Aug 10, 2013

Briefs: The Second Coming ★★★★★

#EdFringe #Cabaret Recently, in another review, I wrote that La Clique was showing every other cabaret on the Fringe how it should be...

Aug 7, 2013

La Clique ★★★★★

#EdFringe #Cabaret #Circus One can’t help going into La Clique with a certain expectation. The reputation of this show thunders before...

Aug 25, 2012

Triskaidekaphilia ★★★★

#EdFringe #Cabaret Described as Scotland’s best schlock horror cabaret burlesque sideshow, Triskaidekaphilia is a show that certainly...

Aug 8, 2012

The Ladyboys of Bangkok: Carnival Queens Tour ★★★

#EdFringe #Cabaret I'm not convinced there’s still a place for The Lady Boys of Bangkok. Surely we’ve moved beyond the time when we pay...

Aug 6, 2012

Cabaret Whore: Her Finest Hour ★★★★★

#Edfringe #Cabaret This show is certainly value for money. A one-woman show with a cast of three, all original songs and even some...