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Vive le Cabaret
22 Aug 2011
Fishnets, comedy and clowning share the bill
Made up like a goth-clown in a tail suit, the cabaret ringmaster bounds onto the stage accompanied by glitzy peacock-tailed dancers. There’s a desperate attempt to emphasise the sexiness of this show, with some forced audience interaction and calls for…
Evelyn Evelyn
19 Aug 2011
Adorable freakshow from Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley
Part comedy, part freak show, and part Americana folk, this act from Amanda Palmer (she of Dresden Dolls fame) and Jason Webley presents, as our host Thomas Truax claims, the world’s first conjoined-twin singer-songwriters. Born in 1985, the twins are…
Shlomo: Mouthtronica
14 Aug 2011
Incredible noise-making skill from a loveable entertainer
Shlomo has been practising his art since he was a child. Growing up in an Iraqi-Israeli family in London, he dreamed of playing the drums on Top Of The Pops but to avoid disturbing the neighbours, practised rhythms using only his mouth. It wasn’t until…
How I Invented Hip Hop. . . And Other Faux Pas
14 Aug 2011
Overly styled idea taken too far
It’s hard to know what the joke in this act is – does it mock hip-hop, or the posh English accent? The two are combined in what Mr B, The Gentleman Rhythmer, has termed ‘Chap-hop’, but playing the ‘Straight outta Surrey’ card doesn’t work for longer…
