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 […]

July 16th, 2015 Udderbelly at Southbank Centre by Michael Anderson Trygve Wakenshaw’s extravaganza of thrilling physical comedy has swept all before it for over a year now, presumably miming a broom with those incomprehensibly long limbs, collecting awards like stamps. The follow-up to the similarly acclaimed Squidboy, Kraken is an hour of free-associative delirium propelled […]

Hosts: EastEnd Cabaret (Bernadette Byrne and Victor/Victoria) Line Up: David Mills, Gypsy Wood, Ursula Martinez and Le Gateau Chocolat The London Wonderground, Southbank June 12th, 2015 by Bernie Byrnes (no relation) Last night, fresh from their Australia tour, EastEnd Cabaret hosted Club Perverts in the fabulous Spiegeltent at the Southbank Centre amid a line-up of […]

EastEnd Cabaret Present… Club Perverts London Wonderground, June 5th & 12th tickets.underbelly.co.uk EastEnd Cabaret make their triumphant London Wonderground return for two nights only with Club Perverts.  The show brings together a star-studded lineup of the best, most hilarious, hottest and weirdest variety acts that London has to offer.  Guests will include Le Gateau Chocolat, […]

Udderbelly Festival May 6th-10th, 2015 http://www.udderbelly.co.uk/whats-on/abandoman-hot-desk by Richard Hamer In what must surely be a crowded marketplace, Abandoman have earned themselves a deserved reputation as the number one Irish, comedy improv hip-hop team. It goes a little like this: front man Rob Broderick – ably assisted by his band – improvise comedy rap songs on […]

The amazing and magical time magicians Morgan & West are returning to London with a new show that is not only family friendly, but actively aimed at an audience of children…at least that’s the plan according to Mr. Morgan. Mr. West isn’t keen on children… but Mr. Morgan has taken the reigns and will make […]

The Udderbelly Festival’s circus season is back for 2015 with three spectacular headline shows – A Simple Space, Circus Geeks: Beta Testing and Bromance.  Once again, the Udderbelly brings the most outrageous acrobatics to the upside-down purple cow on the Southbank. Kicking off the circus season will be A Simple Space, April 21st – May […]

Photo by Pauline Eyre by Haresh Patel The Big Purple Cow is back on her back, legs in the air! It’s now an established marker of the arrival of summer days when the Southbank cultural quarter has her slightly less dignified, more raucous inflatable sister park herself on the lawn next to the more sensible […]

Austentatious Udderbelly Festival, Southbank July 4th, 2014 by Joanna Orland One of the most prominent of London improv shows, Austentatious took the stage last night at Southbank’s Udderbelly Festival.  Playing to a sold out crowd within the confines of a giant upside down purple cow, the cast comprised of Graham Dickson, Cariad Lloyd, Amy Cooke-Hodgson, […]

Udderbelly Festival Until July 4th, 2014 by Joanna Orland The long-running Friday Night Freaks returns to this year’s Udderbelly Festival with EastEnd Cabaret returning as hosts.  The cabaret duo are the perfect hosts to this late-night cabaret comedy variety show bringing energy, freakiness, comedy, music and sexuality to spice up the night.  Also, who better […]