Cabaret

I drove into the city to see my close friend perform at a trans & gender non-conforming cabaret, hidden away in a super-cozy lesbian bar in a small secret basement space. I went by myself, but quickly was pulled into a group with a friend and friends of friends. The…

What do you get when you pair luxurious cocktails with tantalizing magic and some of the best burlesque performers in the city? You get Cocktail Magique, the latest show from the creative team of Company XIV. Not just a variety show, Cocktail Magique is a unique experience. This is an…

Proud Cabaret’s production at the KitKat club (taking over London’s playhouse theatre) is a unique experience. It draws on tried and true staging ideas, theatrical traditions and well-known material… but the way they are blended together creates a fresh cocktail with its own signature spice. A note on production value: …

I was soul-searching through the crowded lanes of the Bustling City

It’s fair to say the current crippling of the UK’s postal and rail services by strike would be little more than a minor annoyance in the 1970s. Six million working days were lost to industrial action in the first six months of the decade alone. Successive governments tried and largely…

Callum Scott Howells and Madeline Brewer dazzle in this must see production. Descending the dark stairs with beaded walls, hearing the rumblings of jaunty live music from within, it was easy to forget the premium price I paid entry to the Kit Kat Club. Over a year and a half…

Released fifty years ago, Bob Fosse’s masterpiece is not only a celebration of sexual freedom, but a warning about apathy in the face of evil. — As anyone who knows me is well aware, I co-host a podcast all about my first love: old movies. It’s called The Rewind Project, and each episode revisits a famous (or infamous) film on a significant milestone anniversary. We talk about the film itself, naturally — but where things really…

A story for the True Fiction Project by Michael Kobzik — It was a cloudy night at the Perky Parrot nightclub. The audience buzzed with anticipation for the headlining act, Beatrice Deluxe. With her platinum blonde hair, red lipstick and thrumming tenor voice, she was the reason everyone was there. But, before she could go onstage, there was an opening act…

It’s a famous cabaret in Paris. Jason and I went to see a performance the other night. The girls were gorgeous, flawless, and incredibly flexible. The production was fun and entertaining. The light show was amazing. The champagne was…expensive! The girls weren’t exactly nude, but definitely topless the whole time. …