Giles Terera’s song cycle Black Matter shows exactly how powerful music can be in highlighting important issues.
‘Country music’s loss is certainly musical theatre’s gain’: AN EVENING WITH DAVID BEDELLA – Crazy Coqs (Online review) ★★★★
David Bedella made each song his own during his cabaret An Evening with David Bedella, an show full of fun boasting a great choice of songs and a slick performance.
NEWS: Goblin Theatre Company goes online with Christmas musical The Ballad of Rudy
Goblin Theatre Company will present its Christmas musical The Ballad of Rudy via live-stream on 27 December 2020 at 3pm from The Crazy Coqs at London’s Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
‘Quirky, knowing, endearingly awkward, innovative & inventive’: FIRST DATE – Crazy Coqs (Online review)
A Broadway musical turned streamed extravaganza, First Date is a co-production from Lambert Jackson and Crazy Coqs and features an awkward encounter between Jewish Aaron (Simon Lipkin) and agnostic Casey (Samantha Barks).
‘This is cabaret in its purest form’: LORNA DALLS – Crazy Coqs ★★★★
Lorna Dallas is the essence of old school cabaret distilled. She oozes glamour and combines the look of Blanche Deveraux with a spirit of a proper Illinois broad.
‘Ol’ Blue Eyes could be right there with you’: SINATRA RAW – Live at Zedel ★★★★
Transferring to the capital from a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Richard Shelton’s tribute to Frank Sinatra makes for a fabulous evening.
‘Truly a masterful performer’: LUCIE JONES – Live at Zedel ★★★★★
If you want to see a truthful artist who is so giving in her performance and able to magnetise a crowd toward her, then go and witness the star that is, Lucie Jones.
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… cabaret star Michael Griffiths
Love London Love Culture’s Emma Clarendon spoke to cabaret star Michael Griffiths about his upcoming London shows.
‘I left the theatre singing & feeling uplifted’: CHAMPAGNE FOR CLEMENTINE – Live at Zedel ★★★★★
The cast and crew for Champagne For Clementine did an amazing job in such a small room, in a short space of time. It’s a perfect show to take in before a night out, it’s upbeat, fun and funny, I left the theatre singing and feeling uplifted.
‘Almost as remarkable a song archivist as she is a song stylist’: Lorna Dallas – Live at Zédel ★★★★
Lorna Dallas extensively celebrates Spring in 16 tightly themed numbers at Live at Zédel and proves almost as remarkable a song archivist as she is a song stylist.
The Show People podcast: Casting director extraordinaire Annie Rowe
As part of the Show People podcast series, Andrew Keates interviews casting director Annie Rowe, fresh from working on Mike Bartlett’s Not Talking at the Arcola Theatre
The Show People podcast: Casting director extraordinaire Annie Rowe
As part of the Show People podcast series, Andrew Keates interviews casting director Annie Rowe, fresh from working on Mike Bartlett’s Not Talking at the Arcola Theatre
‘Makes the songs her own’: LIZA PULMAN SINGS STREISAND – Touring ★★★★★
I’ve always admired the small intimate venue that Crazy Coqs is. Having seen quite a few cabarets there, it made a perfect venue to house Liza Sings Streisand.
Mind the Blog’s best shows of 2017
Any number of shows could have been included in this post; frankly it’s ludicrous that I decided to stick with my whole top 12 idea… As I’ve seen about 90 more individual shows than last year.
NEWS: Live at Zedel announces new 2018 winter/spring season
Live At Zédel, Soho’s unique live entertainment concept at Crazy Coqs, announces its new 2018 winter/spring season produced in partnership with Fane Productions.
BILLIE & ME: PATTI BOULAYE LIVE – Zedel ★★★★
It’s nigh on forty years since this reviewer first clapped eyes on Patti Boulaye. Her braided hair in tight plaits, Boulaye lit up our TV screens on a Saturday evening.
LUCY DIXON – Live at Zedel
As a performer Dixon is blessed with exceptional technical skills – her voice is pitch perfect and she liberally dilutes her vocal turns with perfectly syncopated tap routines throughout the gig.
A SPOONFUL OF SHERMAN – Live at Zedel
It’s a surefire treat after a hard day of toil or tourism, to slip into the comfort of a collection of songs from the Sherman dynasty.
RACHEL TUCKER LIVE – Zedel
Rachel Tucker is a superstar of the stage and is currently on a long awaited tour around the UK before heading to New York for a stint at the iconic 54 Below. Now I knew Rachel’s voice was good from the I’d Do Anything days, videos online and of course from seeing her in Wicked but I was completely blown away when I saw her solo performance last night.
BOUNDER AND CAD – Live at Zedel
Two thoroughly nice chaps you’d safely take home to mother. Two Cambridge choral scholars and occasionally camp satirists at pains to remind you they’re heterosexual. One a bit shorter and blonder, one a bit like Robert Peston.
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