Cabaret

Burlesque at Bedtime

Cabaret

The Walrus / Tusk Club

MAY 3-7 at 21:15 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £8.50

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Burlesque at bedtime is a Cabaret show for lovers of narrative. Here at the library let us tease you with a tale, seduce you with a story, excite you with an encyclopaedia and arouse you with an anthology, let us be your book under the duvet. Warning you may learn something........ and I promise it will not be useful..... Past highlights include the Vatican being more witchy than witches, everything you needed to know about worms and why maps lie....... Not to be missed, all tales welcome...

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Dr Mew's Sci-Fi Cabaret

Cabaret

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple

MAY 30-31 at 15:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £0

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A sci-fi themed show featuring cabaret acts who love sci fi and see it from a queer friendly perspective. Audience are free to cos-play. Hosted by SJ Wyatt and a cat who used to be an incel man. ...

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John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro

Cabaret

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 16 at 19:00 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £5

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MAY 17 at 17:45 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £5

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"If you want to put your brain in the blender, have a listen - it's like if Aphex Twin wrote British music hall songs... In a good way" (Tomás Ford) Cabaret and quirky theatrics illustrate John's electronic songs, with costumes, live electronics, surreal visuals and animations. John's credits include releases on Warp Records and directing ingenious music videos for artists like Professor Elemental ("[John is] the closest thing to a living cartoon character... Between musician, performance artist, comedian and genius"). "How do you classify, let alone review, a show like this? Disarmin...

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Kitty's Salon

Cabaret

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 8 at 20:15 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £6

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Everyone’s favourite Northern agony aunt ‘Kitty Cassis’ will be travelling down on the Megabus, bringing with her a vanity case full of gossip and gory details. Come and join us in the salon for the ultimate party. “a vision in leopard print.. glimpses of Caroline Aherne..” Chortle ...

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Madame Isolde’s Crazy Zodiac Cabaret

Cabaret

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 6, 13, 20, 27 at 19:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £10

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Madame Isolde sees your future and it’s chaotic. Expect comedy, cabaret and complimentary astrology as this delightfully deranged hostess leads a night of variety, cosmic confusion and questionable revelations. From somewhere between 1936 and deep space, Isolde returns to deliver her Horrorscopes filled with glamour, drama and just enough doom to keep things interesting. Joined by a line up of eclectic performers, she presents a dazzling mix of cabaret delights. Equal parts absurd, camp and celestial, this is cabaret for those who prefer their future read with sequins, satire and a touch of ch...

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Phenomonopoly: The Surreal Estate Game Presented by The Mother Wolf Club

Cabaret

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge

MAY 31 at 19:00 (60 min) - Free ticketed

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Hosted by the pun-loving Minotaur, three audience members become contestants in this surreal estate game show, racing to write the most unhinged fridge magnet poem imaginable. Why? To stop the future of language from devolving into emoji soup, and to topple the evil Uncanny Valley Girl from her dairy-based dystopia: the Tower of Babybel. On their journey they’ll duel with fowl-mouthed giant punk chicken John Cooper Cluck, slow-dance with eel sexologist Pink Freud and his slippery-slick cousin Elvers Presley, and be serenaded by Hal—the anthropomorphic fire alarm with Broadway dreams and rag...

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Shelley and Friends Work in Progress Show

Cabaret

The Temple Bar / Upstairs Temple

MAY 6-7 at 18:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £0

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MAY 17-18 at 20:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £0

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She’s an award-winning balloon wizard turned stand-up comedian, inflating laughter one joke at a time. Catch Shelley and friends work-in-progress show — with characters, some tunes sonmuch more, it’s still taking shape, but it won’t leave you deflated! ...

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Spalien Acecraft: Speaningless Moonerisms

Cabaret

The Walrus / Tusk Club

MAY 3 at 14:45 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £5

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MAY 4, 17 at 16:00 (60 min) - Pay What You Want tickets from £5

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Fourteen years after their official final gig, Spalien Acecraft are back on planet Earth with their unique streak of interactive intergalactic latter-day cabaret for pop-sensible extra-terrestrials. Featuring original celestial minstrel Johnny Acecraft, three authenticated relations and one tolerated acquaintance: sisters Maliniverse and The Elbot on harmonies harvested from shared childhoods and questionable life choices, wife Jopiter on genuine musical talent, and key-stabber extraordinaire Nathanova. The band will emulate their past daftness with favourites including Orange for a Head, Ma...

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The Double G Comedy Rodeo

Cabaret

The Walrus / Tusk Club

MAY 3-7 at 18:30 (60 min) - Paid tickets from £5

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The Double G Comedy Rodeo is not your typical comedy night; it’s a full-throttle ride into the wild side of stand-up. A mash-up of chaos, charisma, and killer comedy, the Rodeo takes everything you think you know about a comedy show and gleefully turns it on its head. It’s in-your-face, up-close comedy that doesn’t just break the fourth wall; it invites the audience right through it. Expect fast laughs, fearless performances, and a show that feels as unpredictable as it is unforgettable. The Rodeo thrives on spontaneity; comics bounce off the crowd, moments spiral into mayhem, and somehow, ...