Showcase productions Preview It is now time to look ahead to perhaps the flagship showcase event of the year, as Blackpool agents Barrie and Vicci Lucas prepare to welcome their guests to Showcase Productions Blackpool Showcase. UK Cabaret magazine editor Mark Ritchie previews the event and talks to some of… Continue reading
Where Are They Now? Retired UK Cabaret subscribers make up a very significant percentage of our magazine subscribers. In this new feature, Mark Ritchie takes a look at past careers and meets former show business favourites. This month’s subject is anything but fully retired. Kenny Cantor lives, eats, sleeps and… Continue reading
UK Cabaret design news This month we dedicate some space to say a great big thank you to our outgoing Design Manager John Stokes. UK Cabaret managing editor Mark Ritchie explains John’s massive contribution to the birth of this publication and his work during the first two years of this… Continue reading
October Gossip gatherer Our nationwide search for tittle-tattle takes in many ports of call this month. Our mystery gossip-gatherer has come up with some tasty morsels of meaningless mulch, from the lives of UK Cabaret subscribers. Read on…. We start in Sheffield, where one of the big cheeses within the… Continue reading
Glad to be Gay? The gay cabaret scene is incredibly vibrant and full of good old-fashioned variety. UK Cabaret managing editor Mark Ritchie takes a look at the scene in general. If you think that Gay entertainment is all about OTT Drag artistes and general cross-dressing fun, think again. The… Continue reading
August Gossip Hoover. Once again our mystery writer trawls the world of show business for gossip and tittle-tattle. Here’s what the Gossip Hoover discovered. To Winchester firstly, where comedy performer Tim Ames is looking forward to performing in his very first pantomime. Tim has seen success in the highly unusual… Continue reading
Facebook or Fakebook? Does the Facebook social networking revolution have a good side after all? Can entertainers use Facebook in order to simply get things off their chest regarding their fears, tears and tantrums? Mark Ritchie looks at the keyboard warriors and the performers who appear to seek a form… Continue reading
Forthcoming Showcases to be covered by UK Cabaret. If you are a UK Cabaret magazine subscriber and you are the producer or agent/organiser of a showcase event, please contact us if you would like to be considered for a review. Details at the bottom of the page. Showcase productions Viva… Continue reading
