ListingsUpdated Tue 13 Oct
Cabaret and burlesque in London this week
Cabaret, burlesque, drag and variety, from the old music halls to the Soho supper clubs. Late, mostly over 18s, and more of it is on a weeknight than people expect.
What to expect
88 listings filed under Cabaret. The busiest rooms are Phoenix Arts Club, Crazy Coqs and Royal Vauxhall Tavern. Concentrated in Covent Garden, Soho and Vauxhall.
Nearby
Every listing here has been checked against the venue that is putting it on.
Tuesday
13 October-
Cabaret Free entry, minimum spend on some nights
Cellar Door
A former gentlemen's public convenience at Aldwych, now a forty seat bar with cabaret on every night. Free to walk into.
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Cabaret Free upstairs, basement shows ticketed
The Glory
An East End pub with a performance basement, and one of the rooms new drag and cabaret acts in London actually come up through.
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Cabaret Table booking or membership
The Box Soho
A late night theatre club on Walker's Court running a variety show that is deliberately hard to describe. Over 21s, tables and membership only.
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Cabaret Free
Dragaoke: Drag Hosted Karaoke!
Karaoke with a drag host running it, free to get into, and it starts at half ten on a Tuesday. Turn up rather than plan.
Wednesday
14 October-
Cabaret
Bounder & Cad
A show in the art deco room under Brasserie Zedel, 6.30pm. One act and a piano rather than a revue, and the room listens.
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Cabaret £22.50
Ivy Knights: Live at the Lighthouse
A show in the art deco room under Brasserie Zedel, 8.45pm. One act and a piano rather than a revue, and the room listens.
Thursday
15 October-
Cabaret £12 to £16
Solve-Along A Murder She Wrote
A screening you are meant to talk through, with the audience solving it as it goes.
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Cabaret £25
Eve Ferret
A show in the art deco room under Brasserie Zedel, 6.30pm. One act and a piano rather than a revue, and the room listens.
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Cabaret £20
Irene Serra’s ISQ: The Silence is Deafening
A show in the art deco room under Brasserie Zedel, 8.45pm. One act and a piano rather than a revue, and the room listens.
Saturday
17 October-
Cabaret £37.50
The Black Cat Cabaret
A show in the art deco room under Brasserie Zedel, 9.15pm. One act and a piano rather than a revue, and the room listens.
Sunday
18 October-
Cabaret
Sunday Cabaret at the RVT
The Sunday institution, four in the afternoon, and the show this pub is best known for. A different bill most weeks.
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Cabaret £26
Cabaret Cubana with Ann Liebeck and Omar Puente
A show in the art deco room under Brasserie Zedel, 5pm. One act and a piano rather than a revue, and the room listens.
