This ragtag band of puppeteers, burlesquers, cortortionists and assorted beautiful freaks come together during this two-part extravaganza of modern circus performance. The venue's circular shape is ideal - a small stage in the centre is picked...
Time Out dons a mask and joins the hedonistic party scene and the ’world‘s sexual elite‘
A pop-up supper club and variety show held in a beautiful spiegeltent by the Battersea Power Station.
Surely the world's most famous husband-wife karaoke combo, Mike'n'Jen Hot Breath return to this recently refurbed Old Street boozer for their free weekly karaoke knees-up. Look out for an updated song book, wheel of fortune and happy hour prices...
Swap your wardrobe, hop around in the buff or just enjoy a civilised cup of tea - here's Time Out's guide to some...
Weekly open uke session for those who prefer the smaller things in life. Download the songbook via their Myspace so you can join in without (too much) embarassment, or if you really can't play, sing yer heart out!
The dark and twisted camp cabaret girl/boy duo deliver caustic cabaret and surreal songs in the Royal Court Theatre's Café Bar.
Purveyors of neo-cabaret at its most exciting, this all-singing, besequinned pair of reprobates return to this cult East End club for a month-long residency. Get your ticket it advance and reserve a seat, it's a sure-fire sell-out.
Time Out gets its frock out and dons its pearls as we hits London‘s thriving tea dance scene – but can we keep up...
Just when you thought that Jonny Woo and Andy Butcher's debauched and hilarious bingo session couldn't get cheaper (in every sense of the word), tonight's their 'January Sale'. Ma Butcher handles the balls, John Sizzle the decks. Bring your...
Hip-shaking beats on the rinkydink ice-rink. Horse Meat Disco start the year as they mean to go on: with a big New York Loft-style disco rave-up. Glitterballs!
A celebration of queer ladydome where 'it's not what it's your knickers, but whether you like wearing them that counts. Tonight's Adoration Of The Butch Dyke will bring together performance artists, DJs and designers, including Violette Storm,...
'Oh My God I Miss You', our fave little burlesque party, rewind to the 1960s, baby! Go-go dancers, podiums to pony on, live music, sock hop dance routines and so much more. Burlesque treats from good girls gone bad: Trixie Malicious, Fanny Divine...
Alternative nightlife editor Simone Baird names her highlights of 2008, and asks the scene’s leaders to share their...
Singer Camille O’Sullivan, currently tearing up the alternative nightlife circuit, has a powerful pull – and a...
Squeals on wheels as you spin around in two skate-friendly rooms grooving to rinkydink disco house, R&B and club classics with skate marshals to guide beginners. DC: no hoodies or baseball caps.
Burlesque performer Miss Polly Rae tells Time Out London about her inspiration for her show at the Soho Revue Bar...
The Duchess of Pork, Al Dente and The Sugarlow Boys slip into kimonos, spin records and present oriental-themed cabaret by one-and-only Scottee. They team up with the Unskinny Bop DJs tonight so expect '60s girl groups to '80s no wave, '90s...
Glitzy, glam night of cabaret and Las Vegas-style floorshows in this sleazy Soho dive. Resident hostesses The Barbettes serve up canapes, cocktails and commentary, Miss Terri comperes the evening of variety and performance. Tickets in advance only.
It's Anti-Fur night tonight. Cabaret that's so out there, it's coming back again. Amy Lamé hosts this arty party playgroup for thirtysomething homos, their friends and fans, with resident DJs Readers Wifes handling the dancefloor. On stage:...
This sweet lil' basement supper club is transformed into a Bond casino for tonight's show of comedy, magic, burlesque as, of course, a game of cards. Comedy magician Christian Lee, showgirls Amber Topaz and Vicious Delicious, live sounds from...
Squeals on wheels as you spin around in two skate-friendly rooms grooving to rinkydink disco house, R&B and club classics with skate marshals to guide beginners. DC: no hoodies or baseball caps.
Sip early evening cocktails served in china teapots by waiters dressed in 1920s finery, beers come in brown paper bags.
A momentary lapse in concentration resulted in Time Out’s Comedy editor, Tim Arthur, entering a burlesque stripping...
Forget hammy men in masks and tights, Lucha Libre is becoming an international phenomenon, with stars featuring on...
Lady Luck's El Nino and Lady Kamikaze host this far more intimate (but no less sweaty) speakeasy-styled basement happening fuelled by 1920s to 1940s hot house swing, gypsy jazz, Cuban cha-cha, Charleston jump and more vintage sounds. Live sounds...
Clueless about cabaret? Bemused by burlesque? Try Social Club leader Simone Baird‘s instructive crash course in...
An afternoon tea with burlesque and magic trimmings.
Time Out takes the temperature of the cabaret and burlesque scene – and finds it's hot out there
As the London Burlesque Festival shimmies into town, let Time Out guide you through its myriad forms, from bearlesque...
Shining cabaret star Camille is all set to ignite London
A friendly night of social dancing. Learn the Lindy Hop at your own level and then freestyle the night away to '30s, '40s and '50s music in this fabulous ballroom.
Great ideas for quirky nights out that won't break the bank
Jamie Anderson hosts this cabaret showcase featuring three rising stars in the musical theatre world.
Time Out explains how BoomBox is helping our city set the global clothes agenda
Shifting from Shoreditch, this celebration of all things 1980s and aerobics settles down for a weekly Soho residency. Don your Jane Fonda leotard, bike shorts and legwarmers for the free Spotlight Aerobics class early on before an all-out,...
Unmissable new show from cult French-Irish chanteuse Camille O'Sullivan. The massively talented cabaret star reworks Weimar Germany numbers as well as works by 'modern-day storytellers' such as Nick Cave and David Bowie. It's a blow-you-away...
A cracking line-up featuring many of London's best variety and burlesque performers, including the wildly talented Des O'Connor, dashing Spencer, with stunning burly showgirls Kitty Bang Bang, Tamara Stein, Chrys Columbine and Mademoiselle Fifi.
Blag your way through the charm and glamour of one of the fastest growing social scenes in London
Before she stages her own show at Koko, burlesque star Immodesty Blaize reveals to Time Out the strip performers –...
The delectable and show-stopping Fred Bear presents his new Weimar Berlin-style show with burlesque bombshell Amber Topaz.
Is it Balkan? Russian? Baltic? Gypsy? Klezmer? Yep, it's a colourful, anarchic mash-up of all of that blended by DJs Max Reinhardt and Misha Maltsev. Expect a mini-festival of music, poetry, short Eastern European films and visuals, bagels and...
Top alt nights out, including the Torture Garden Halloween Ball, La Clique and the return of Mexican wrestling with...
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