Q Can you tell us how you first ventured into show business? I had a love of old Hollywood musical movies . I adored the big sinning & dancing numbers & beautiful costumes . I’m not theatre or classically trained but when I discovered burlesque & went to see lots… Continue reading
Had an emergency visit to A & E at the local hospital yesterday afternoon, because I’d accidentally swallowed two tablets that were inadvertently left on the table. The doctor, (who was extremely perturbed with regard to my condition) immediately performed a stomach pump and subsequently retrieved an iPad and a… Continue reading
March Gossip Hoover Here we have more meaningless morsels of tittle-tattle regarding the lives of UK Cabaret subscribers and contributors. Some of our UK cabaret subscribers, who regularly visit bustling Benidorm, are dismayed to learn that Vicky Leyton (AKA Sticky Vicky) is retiring after 35 years of performing and bewildering… Continue reading
Joe Longthorne- No Regrets Tour Winding Wheel Theatre, Chesterfield March 3rd 2016 Reviewer -Mark Ritchie A date tagged on the front of the latest Joe Longthorne tour, effectively became the opening of what is surely one of the greatest of all show business comebacks. Complete with his orchestra, with celebrated… Continue reading
The Top Venues as voted by UK cabaret Subscribers UK Cabaret subscribers were asked recently to nominate twenty venues in the UK, which go the extra mile in order to welcome and look after visiting entertainers. The top venues are listed below. The comments at the side of the named… Continue reading
ROGER REMEMBERS – One wonders if, amid all the lighting effects and volume, some of the polish and stagecraft has disappeared from our stages. Writing about Roy and Jackie Toaduff last time brought it home to me just how smart their performance was. The way they came on, their… Continue reading
A word from the Editor’s desk for March issue As you read these notes I am away on the Island of Tenerife, where I am compiling reviews and writing a feature on the ex-pat Brits living in the Canary Islands who are involved in entertaining the holiday-makers. The content of… Continue reading
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UK Pantomime? Should we be covering panto? Yes or No. UK Cabaret managing editor Mark Ritchie examines the possibility of running a seasonal pantomime supplement within this publication. At the very outset of our publishing adventure in the summer of 2014, I made it abundantly clear that this publication… Continue reading
Showcase Productions Showcase 2016 – Reviews to be published this week Keep your eye out for the reviews from Statford which will be publishing over the next few days. Our subscribers to the printed versions have had the privilege of reading the reviews first. To get the reviews first, why… Continue reading
