Category: Cabaret
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4 stars – miscellaneous drag documentary Half drag show, half documentary, this performance presents the work of Messy Friends. They are a group created by Ginava with an innovative idea of drag, where dance, lip-sync, burlesque and classical drag makeup are juxtaposed to puppet-like costumes.
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4 stars – Aussie silliness in a jam-packed experimental sketch show Aussie silliness in a jam-packed experimental sketch show The Sydney duo Hot Department certainly deliver what they promise: heat from straight to finish. It doesn’t take them long to start undressing and by the end nothing is off the table and not much on…
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5 stars – brilliantly written and performed tale of a 1930s wannabe starlet Bebe Cave’s solo show pays homage to her favourite topic in the world: neurotic actresses (her own words). While Bebe has been performing at the Fringe and elsewhere in the UK with her sister Jessie Cave since 2014, this is her first…
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5 stars (4 for the show +1 for her unscripted quick wit). Objectively speaking, by which I mean listening to the woman next to me right after the show, it feels impossible not to find the comedian Catherine Cohen hilariously funny. The audience was unanimously bursting into laughter approximately every minute during her hour-long, fast…
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4 stars – Laughing into the apocalypse Aidan Sadler is an incredible performer, engaging and fun. In this new show, they seem to be looking for pure, queer, ‘unapologetic’ entertainment.
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4 stars – Joyful journey This electric queer cabaret takes the shape of a journey at sea. Each performer has a story to tell, a song to sing, and all is done in a spirit that is at the same time careless and sweetly caring.
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