Cabaret, burlesque and variety shows in London

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A weekend with Duckie

The cabaret troupe present a weekend wonder at Wilton's Music Hall

Cantina at The London Wonderground at Southbank Centre.

See cabaret at 2012 festivals

Forget the music - catch great cabaret at this year's festivals

Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore!

Buy tickets to Penny Arcades' character comedy and radical satire

Friday Night Freakshow

Grab a seat to this twisted showcase of London's best dark variety

See EastEnd Cabaret at London Wonderground

This full-length showcase lets the duo, femme fatale Bernadette Byrne and her Rohypnol-savvy accompanist and number one fan, literally lateral hermaphrodite Victor Victoria, do what they do best: sing dirty songs while offering peeks into their a hilariously co-dependent ménage.

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Latest cabaret features

Burlesque: brilliant or boring?

As burlesque ruffles feathers, Ben Walters finds where art meets banality.
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Pussy Faggot heads to town

New York's premier queer performance party is coming to London.
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A not so happy birthday...

Amy Lamé invites us to her immersive new birthday-themed show.
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Fairground attraction

Vanessa Toulmin explains how she's reviving traditional fairground fun.
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Growing old disgracefully

With no plans of retirement, Spymonkey discuss their show 'Oedipus'.
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Toned down but camped up

Ahead of his new show, Scottee tells us why he's cleaned up his act.
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Bryony Kimmings drinks on the job

The performer shares the details of her alcohol-fuelled experiment.
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TV talk with Mat Ricardo

The performer explains how the world of TV variety has inspired him.
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Ursula Martinez in picutres

Cabaret diva Ursula Martinez shares some of her favourite photos.
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This week's cabaret highlights

Time Out Live presents Alternative Eurovision
Boom bang-a-bang! After sensational, sold-out shows in 2010 & 2011, this year Time Out Live's twi...
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Cantina
This year sees the South Bank Udderbelly cow site expanded to fill a whole 'Wonderground' of lark...
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Duckie's Weekend at Wilton's
Somehow, the combination of London's oldest music hall and its foremost purveyors of working-clas...
La Rêve
Bête Noire and the Boom Boom Club team up for a major Friday night show with a vintage vibe - it...
Sink the Pink's Eurovision Party
A match made in trash-pop heaven: the Sink the Pink gang go Euronuts in the company of Holestar, ...