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Gather your travelling companions! The esteemed Mess’rs of the Reform Club (est 1841) have accepted your wager, and the expedition to circumnavigate the globe is about to begin… Based on Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel Around the World in 80 Days, Fire Hazard Games is staging a new, high energy urban adventure for adults in... Continue Reading →
Described as the ‘darkest, funniest and most debauched kabarett club this side of Berlin’, the Little Death Club, a family of misfits, miscreants and fantastic freaks, arrived at the Southbank’s Spiegeltent for the Underbelly Festival. Created by Bernie Dieter and Creative Director Tom Velvick, the Little Death Club is a cabaret show with a difference,... Continue Reading →
Having blown Edinburgh’s mind, the multi-award-winning Queen of Weimar punk kabarett Bernie Dieter (star of La Clique) took Little Death Club to Adelaide picking up the ‘Best Cabaret’ weekly award on its way. Now the darkest, funniest and most debauched variety show this side of the Berlin wall now comes to London's Underbelly with a new travelling family of... Continue Reading →
Feel the heat, hear every breath, and be immersed in every moment. This is the enticing invitation issued to UK audiences by highly acclaimed Australian circus company, Gravity & Other Myths as they bring A Simple Space to headline the Underbelly Festival Southbank from 5 April – 5 May this year. A Simple Space is contemporary circus at its best and returns to... Continue Reading →
Underbelly fires its starting pistol for this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe announcing the tantalising first five shows on sale. These shows offer eager fans the chance to milk that early Fringe fix with a fantastic selection from the cream of comedy, circus and cabaret. Following a smash hit 2018 Fringe, Foil, Arms and Hog, the... Continue Reading →
“Bohemia inspires genius, great art and madness.” At least that’s according to Miss Frisky, emcee of the Black Cat Cabaret. And it’s most certainly true as the circus cabaret act returns to the South Bank’s Spiegeltent, this time with their latest show, Bohemia, said to be their “most dark and daring theatrical spectacular to date.”... Continue Reading →
