Top Ten Fringe Cabaret

Feature by Gareth K Vile | 06 Aug 2010

The Bongo Club Cabaret
Lovingly curated by Rufus and RWP, the oldest variety night on the Fringe promises Piff The Magic Dragon, Misty Vine and Dusty Limits, plus a rotating cast. 
The Bongo Club, 7-30 Aug, 10.15pm

Missy Malone And Friends 
Old school bump and grind from the shimmying Leyla Rose, pop deconstruction from Frisky and Mannish and Missy’s own starlet punk glamour.
Voodoo Rooms, 28 Aug, 7pm

Kabarett
Edinburgh’s regular alternative hits the Fringe, led by The Itsy Collective’s left-field selections.
Voodoo Rooms, 9-27 Aug, 7.25pm

Vive Le Cabaret
Blonde Ambition makes the pick of the Pleasance programme, polished perfectly with glamour and saucy humour.
Ghillie Dhu, 4-30 Aug, 9.45pm

Sex Idiot
A tale of sexually transmitted disease told through song, dance and laughter.
Zoo Roxy Venue 115, 6-30 Aug, 8.20pm

Tales from A Cabaret
Stories of decay and despair, from The Creative Martyrs: the only vaudeville duo who can make hats sound sinister.
Fingers Piano Bar, 7-28 Aug, 9pm

Kitty Cointreau’s Brahaha
Comedy meets striptease in this touring show fresh from Brighton.
Zoo Roxy, 7-29 Aug, 10.30pm

Me! Me! Me!
Saucy vaudeville meets cabaret whore and English b-boy in hot three-way action.
Ghillie Dhu, 4-26 Aug, 1.30pm

The Late Late Show with Paul Zenon & Mikelangelo
Former La Clique singer Mikelangelo hosts a rotating cast from the Assembly programme.
Assmbly@George Street, 5-29 Aug, 12.15am

A Picture of Dusty Limits
Wilde and Brecht are connected by a genuine decadent in a clash of uncivilisations.
The Famous Spiegeltent, 23 Aug, 7pm

Tricity Vogue’s Ukelele Cabaret
A cast of thousands hit the four strings of instant musicality.
Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9, 16, 23 Aug, 8.45pm