Curtains up Showcase session four Reviewer Johnny Tait The final session of Curtains up opened with 4 piece covers band Back 2 Skool With Lady Z. Fronted by an attractive young lady with a powerful voice backed by 3 top musicians. The sound and vision was absolutely first class…. Continue reading
Curtains up Showcase session three Reviewer Mark Ritchie Close-up magician Matty Evans was busy bamboozling one and all in the foyer and key bookers gathered from all over the UK. The quality of a showcase audience is certainly more important than the quantity, as we hear reports of other ‘packed’… Continue reading
Curtains Up Showcase session two Reviewer Mark Ritchie Compere Miki Travis introduced 70’s style disco band Chic Le Freak. Live instruments were augmented by a click-track. A punchy sound, some great vocals and eye-catching stage wear combined to create the most favourable of impressions. The superbly presented tribute quartet called… Continue reading
Curtains Up session one Circus Tavern Purfleet Session one September 22nd Producer Paul Rogers Reviewer Johnny Tait The show compere Miki Travis presented a new and hopefully regular fixture in the national showcase calendar and opening the show was Essex based three piece male vocal act The Bass Tones. They… Continue reading
Edinburgh Fringe review 6
UK Comedy By Mark Ritchie | August 3, 2026 - 10:00 am |August 3, 2026 News UK COMEDYUK Cabaret comedy page this time features the language of Shakespeare no less! It was The Bard himself who first coined the phrase ‘Dragging the Dress’. Mark Ritchie writes about Drag, even including his own expe...
Edinburgh Fringe review 5
UK Comedy By Mark Ritchie | August 3, 2026 - 10:00 am |August 3, 2026 News UK COMEDYUK Cabaret comedy page this time features the language of Shakespeare no less! It was The Bard himself who first coined the phrase ‘Dragging the Dress’. Mark Ritchie writes about Drag, even including his own expe...
Edinburgh Fringe review 3
UK Comedy By Mark Ritchie | August 3, 2026 - 10:00 am |August 3, 2026 News UK COMEDYUK Cabaret comedy page this time features the language of Shakespeare no less! It was The Bard himself who first coined the phrase ‘Dragging the Dress’. Mark Ritchie writes about Drag, even including his own expe...
