MBM Management ShowcaseIcons Show-bar ManchesterApril 2024Producer Anne & Phil BarrattReviewer: Mark RitchieIcons is a great new venue, a sort of cabaret restaurant which is apparently doing wonderful business. The Compere was singer Scott Welsby, who popped up on the bill quite literally wearing another hat, as a tribute to country… Continue reading
UK COMEDYThis time around on the comedy front we preview some of the stand-up comedy performers who are set to feature at next month’s world-famous Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Mark Ritchie name-checks some of the stars from the comedy firmament who will be visiting. It is the biggest arts festival on… Continue reading
NOSTALGIA FEATUREOlder cabaret fans, wherever in the UK they hail from, will have heard of the iconic Batley Variety Club in West Yorkshire. The venue was closed long ago, but it traded as The Frontier night club long after, under new owners. Eventually the building, which stands on the main… Continue reading
