Showcase coverage in UK Cabaret. In this issue of UK Cabaret magazine readers will find a full technical review of Showcase productions first ever showcase, which was a great success for agent Barrie Lucas and the rest of his team. The full review may appear on-line in our archive session… Continue reading
Showcase Productions 2014 – session 1 Viva Cabaret Blackpool Producer Barrie Lucas& Colin Jones November 3rd and 4th Blackpool seafront during the famous illuminations provides a great backdrop for an inaugural event such as this. Producer Barrie Lucas has been on the wrong end of some, in my view, thoroughly… Continue reading
John Howe Presentations Ltd. Showcase 2014 Riverside Park Bognor Regis November 17th 2014 Producer: Richard Walker-Glen After many successful years spent in the agency business, John and Dot Howe staged their winter showcase at The Riverside. After paddling through the rain and mud into the room, where Noah could well… Continue reading
Mark My Words written by Mark Ritchie Managing editor UK Cabaret. In this December and Christmas edition of UK Cabaret we are pleased to feature full showcase coverage from Showcase productions event in Blackpool and John Howe Presentations in Bognor. The whole business of the trade showcase enables UK Cabaret… Continue reading
UK Cabaret subscribers tell you where they are currently appearing. Steve Lucock North east holiday parks Walking Back to Happiness Luke Murgatroyd cabaret on Brittany Ferries El Loco/ Beastro touring Haven and Butlins centres Whips and Kanes- The Diva Tour- Greece Mykonos Festival. Lee Lard- Sensatori hotels Grace Lamont- Clubs… Continue reading
JMA Productions Showcase 2014 – Session 2 Westlands Leisure Complex Yeovil October 13th Producer John Mills Reviewer Mark Ritchie JMA Evening session. As South coast and West-Country bookers gathered for the evening session, with everyone fed and watered, it was up to comedy one-off Andy Ford to set the tone…. Continue reading
Sue Barton asks ‘can you smell nostalgia’? During the sixties and seventies there was a certain smell to a working men’s club. The pungency of old hops and fermenting yeast permeated the air, and added to this was the lingering aroma of tobacco, pipe, cigarette, cigar or roll-up. The bouquet… Continue reading
Roger Remembers. The well-known show business writer Roger Holmes writes exclusively for UK Cabaret on the subject of show business nostalgia. Clubland has always had its characters and one I recall particularly, and always with a smile, is a musician, entertainer and scourge of committee men, little George Ryder. If… Continue reading
Roger Remembers. The well-known show business writer Roger Holmes writes exclusively for UK Cabaret on the subject of nostalgia. The finest act I ever saw on the stages of my local clubs was Roland Roy and Jackie Toaduff. Theirs is a remarkable story. In the 1950’s Roland Roy was… Continue reading
Kerrie Leanord on residencies Singer and entertainer Kerrie Leonard writes for us here in UK Cabaret on the subject of what it actually takes to be part of residency type bands at home and abroad. So you think you can be a resident musician? In theory it doesn’t sound too… Continue reading
