EdFest 2019 Programme Launch by Alex Plant Camden Lock was treated to a wee taste of Edinburgh this week with the 2019 EdFest.com programme launch at Dingwall’s, hosted by The List. There were tandem events happening in both London and Edinburgh, featuring beer from Truman’s, whisky cocktails from Johnnie Walker, delicious snacks from Soderberg as […]

Briefs: Close Encounters Christmas at Leicester Square November 9th 2018 – January 3rd 2019 by Jenna Johnston The Australian ‘boylesque’ group Briefs have returned to London to dazzle and thrust their way into our Christmas spirit. The log cabins, towering Christmas trees, the Spiegeltent circus venue decked in sprawling fairy lights in Christmas at Leicester […]

Jonny Woo’s Un-Royal Variety Show Hackney Empire, London October 19th & 20th 2018 by Ruth Morley and Neil Bennett Jonny Woo’s Un-Royal Variety Show was a lot nearer to the yearly TV staple of the 70s and 80s than you might imagine. It’s an LBGTQI+ event over two nights at the Hackney Empire for the […]

Christmas in Leicester Square 2018 Briefs to headline programme also featuring Showstoppers, Frisky & Mannish and Gingzilla November 9th 2018 – January 5th, 2019 Underbelly are pleased to announce their third season of festive events with Christmas in Leicester Square. Briefs are this year’s headliners with their first ever UK Christmas show. Briefs will also […]

Derren Brown: Underground Edinburgh Playhouse August 14th & 15th, 2017 by Bernie C Byrnes Direct from its sell-out London run, Derren Brown: Underground is the latest stage show from the multi-award winning master of psychological illusion. A fusion of ‘magic, suggestion, psychology, misdirection and showmanship’, Underground is Brown’s collection of his favourite bits from the […]

Rise by Dizzy O’ Dare World Premiere at Worthing’s Pavilion Theatre July 18th, 2017 by Bernie C Byrnes Rise, a new indoor show by circus act Dizzy O’ Dare, had its World Premiere at the Pavilion Theatre in Worthing on Tuesday July 18th as part of Worthing Theatre’s Summer of Circus festival – and I […]

We are giving away a pair of tickets to the hugely entertaining all-male boylesque circus show Briefs: Close Encounters. Having glitter-bombed the globe as we know it with their iconic and hilarious brand of circus, drag, burlesque and comedy, the Briefs boys are now ready to explore the third dimension and are set to get […]

by Bernie C. Byrnes The Edinburgh Fringe is 70! Which makes me feel old because I first started going when it was a mere slip of a thing and 50. One of the most significant events that I can clearly remember was the new collaboration between the ‘top four’ that happened in 2008 (which is […]

Underbelly Launch Party Purple Cow, Southbank 23/05/2017 by Bernie C Byrnes Last year I wrote a pretty lukewarm review of the Underbelly Launch Party – they had just switched to Hilton and I was disappointed by the experience. This year, I am delighted to say, they are back to their old selves: same location, same […]

Underbelly Festival sees the merging of the annual Udderbelly Festival and London Wonderground into one festival that runs from April 28th – September 30th, 2017. The festival location will be the same as it always was, on Hungerford Car Park between Royal Festival Hall and Jubilee Gardens along the South Bank. So far, some headline […]