Showcase Productions session four Reviewer Mark Ritchie The final session and a big start with Compere Lee Lard warming up the early evening crowd with his usual razor sharp barbed wit and bonhomie. Brad Pepper is the name of a smart and well prepared singer, who sang the new Sam… Continue reading
Showcase Productions 2015 session three Reviewer Mark Ritchie Never knowingly undersold, the irrepressible Ricky K was soon out causing his usual comedy mayhem with a flatulent parody of the Frozen film anthem, Let it Go. Settling into the compere duties, Ricky K brought out the first act Ultra 90’s-Fresh. Theatrical… Continue reading
Showcase productions 2015 session two Reviewer Mark Ritchie Evening session compere duties fell to comedian and Peter Kay tribute act Lee Lard, whose biting line in wit and comedy impact set the early evening atmosphere right from the start. The New West End Jerseys were brought along by UK Cabaret… Continue reading
Showcase Productions 2015 Viva Blackpool November 3/4 Producers Barrie Lucas and Colin Jones Reviewer Mark Ritchie Compere for the opening session, during of the second year of Showcase Productions flagship event was the ever popular Ricky K. Despite an inevitable dodgy edit on Britain’s Got Talent, Ricky K remains a… Continue reading
Big Foot Events Showcase 2015 Ribby Hall Holiday Village Blackpool, November 2nd Producer Erica Crompton Reviewer Mark Ritchie Meet and greet abounded with the, terrifying T-Rex Dinosaur on the outside and the extraordinary and glamorous Lady Stilt-walkers and the breaking dancing superheroes on the inside. Compere Jonnie Hawkins (lead singer… Continue reading
‘Factor 2025’ a new novel written by comedian and author Johnny Tait could cause controversy, I would certainly expect it to bring about differences in opinion.‘Factor 2025’ is a cynical and comical look at the future of TV talent shows. Trenton Powell the producer of a TV talent show… Continue reading
October Gossip Hoover The UK Cabaret gatherer of hot-gossip has been out and about again picking up pearls of sheer show business tittle-tattle. We begin in the picturesque east Lancashire hills, where everyone’s favourite Welly Boot wearer, Irish comedian Jimmy Cricket lives down on the farm. Jimmy’s son used to… Continue reading
A word from the Editor’s desk. The showcase season is upon us, as cabaret entertainers of all types look to fill their diaries for the following year and beyond. As I write these notes, I have just returned from Southend on Sea, where I attended two of the three days… Continue reading
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