Best cabaret
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| Spanky appears on Fridays at Bistrotheque |
Battersea Barge
It’s not the most glamourous of venues, although they deck it out best they can, and some shows are exceedingly hit and miss, but it’s always worth checking out the shows on offer here. Chances are, you ‘ll find cabaret gold (if you look hard enough!). Click here for listings
Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club
Still a beacon for, well, Mexican wrestlers and poets with pointy beards speaking only in German, if it ‘s quirky, out there and downright strange, it’ll get a performance slot here. Click here for listings
Bistrotheque
The drag shows are twisted and surreal, and that’s on their more mainstream Saturday offering. If it’s polysexual experimental cabaret you’re into, you’ll see Scottee or Ryan Styles trying out new material on a Tuesday, or the outstanding new drag star Spanky working up a storm on Fridays. Click here for listings
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Royal Vauxhall Tavern
Head south, young man, for the Spit ’n’ Sawdust session every Thursday (rude puppets! evil puppets! strangely attractive puppets!), this is where David Hoyle chose to host his sell-out ‘Magazine’ run, and is home, of course, to long-running envelope pushing Duckie. Click here for listings
Soho Revue Bar
Plush, lush and full of velvet, down a Soho sidestreet you’ll find our fave West End cabaret space. Upstairs is a small cocktail lounge but down mirrored stairs is the main room, with tiered tables, dancefloor and a stage that fills with magicians, musical crooner, comedians and more. It’s all about the glamour here, less about the show-stopping edge. Click here for listings
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6 comments
what about pall mall barbers,27 whitcomb st
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Best bookshops eh? I feel Biblion, the Antiquarian bookshop at Grays Antique Market should of been included! Its a treasure trove. Truly helpful staff, amazing diversity of books and in an Antiques Market! Its full of character and in a great location!
What about
Best Sunday Afternoons in spring/ summer/ autumn/ winter
once again - using the 'print' feature of this feature results in text obliterated by fotos in the layout.......
I would add St. John's Bread & Wine (in Commercial St.) to 'Best Breakfasts'. Brioche, porridge with prunes, delicious fresh rhubarb - it's all amazing. In fact, I think I'm gonna go tomorrow...!
Best barbers? Ya... They are also for women? (!!??) Please, let me know about the best hairdresser! I'm new in town (I'm portuguese), and really dont know where to cut my hair. With style, of course!