Cabaret

Time Out raises the curtain on a twilight world of fishnets, accordions and an escapologist getting stitched inside a cow

As the London Burlesque Festival shimmies into town, let Time Out guide you through its myriad forms, from bearlesque to grotesque

Clueless about cabaret? Bemused by burlesque? Try Social Club leader Simone Baird‘s instructive crash course in hedonism

Check out the variety nights and cabaret shows that are popping up all over London

The worlds of ska and burlesque are coming together. Weird? Double-dropping Es at the flicks. Pete Doherty and pilates. Crazy Frog and funerals. Some things in life shouldn‘t share the same sentence.

Time Out takes a class at the Workers School of Excellence

Time Out talks nipple tassles and burning bras with one-time convent school girl Immodesty Blaize

Time Out takes the temperature of the cabaret and burlesque scene – and finds it's hot out there