Category Archives: Shows

Cabaret comes home

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Brendan

If you’re considering a visit to Berlin in 2013, of course, the summer is the ideal time to come. The weather is great, the ‘beach bars’ are open, you can spend a day at Wannsee and, this year, Cabaret is back … Continue reading →

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Peter Jöback walks Isherwood’s Neighbourhood.

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Brendan

In December 2011, Swedish singing star Peter Jöback came to Berlin to film the third part in his trio of programmes for SVT1, ‘Med Hjärtat som Insats’ ( ‘With The Heart At Stake’) For the programme, Peter started his journey … Continue reading →

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Elow – Erich Lowinsky

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Brendan

Elow was the stage name of Erich Lowinsky, a Weimar-era cabaret Conferencier. He is perhaps most famous for his Kabarett De Namenlosen ( Cabaret Of The Nameless)  which debuted in 1926 at the Monbijou  Cabaret -formally The Weisse Maus-  in … Continue reading →

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Josephine Baker in Berlin

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Brendan

In December of 1925 the American cabaret performer Josephine Baker brought her show ‘La Revue Négre’ from Paris to Berlins Theater De Westens. Throughout the early 1920′s, Jazz was rapidly replacing the more traditional musical forms in Cabaret and Revue … Continue reading →

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Cabaret – Das Musical

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Brendan

From the moment you walk into the vast tented structure that is The Tipi, you know you are on for something very special indeed. Arriving an hour before curtain-up, the venue is already busy, and bustling with the sounds of … Continue reading →

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