What's the KIT KAT CLUB like? | CABARET West End Review + Giveaway!

Don't mind me, just living vicariously through you from the US...

Did you really put the sticker over your phone camera? Literally no one I saw did this, this afternoon at the Saturday matinee, and we were all taking photos of the stage. Whatever happened to rebellious youth? I was up in the Upper Circle, back of Row D, mind you, where no usher dared to venture, so it's possible they were stricter at the lower levels. No one filmed the performance that I could see, so we behaved in that respect!

I have been in theatres where the upper decks are so far from the stage that you can't see faces, but I suppose the best way to describe this is, it's like being in an upside-down paper cup - you appear to be high but then you see it's Eddie and Jessie quite clearly. I have to say, I guess it's good they have an efficient air con system but it was blowing at me the whole time and it felt rather like attending a cabaret at the north pole. Jacket back on for Act 2! I think there's a line in the opening number that says 'It's winter outside' and I was thinking, inside as well, mate.

I don't think I missed being on the ground floor - I'd have been petrified the whole time they were going to pick me for that dance after the interval. I could just sit back and enjoy a great show. Never seen Cabaret before in any medium, didn't know the story, so it was all a new, fascinating and exciting experience. All the main actors were great of course but I think the audience particularly warmed to the tragic old couple - they got a huge cheer.

At £200 a ticket. A great night out for Self Obsessed Woke Ponces. This minority driven shambles, Is as tasteless as the 'gender neutralising' shithouse, and as far off source as a Lidl Christmas Pudding. If you enjoy an Emperors see through wardrobe, and rubbing, really up close and personally, with deviant poseurs and pretenders, this'll be right up your street. Without doubt a superspreader event, only not so sure on the viral implications. 2.2/10. See Me After School.

I think this is best critic reviwed you ve done!! Complete!!! Congrats to you for this and thank you. I live in Brazil and I love musicals. I am a theatre reviwer here and when I grow up I want to say things as well as you do here in this video. Thank you, thank you a lot!

Just saw Amy Lennox as Sally a couple of days. Unsure how she compares as I never saw Jessie, but as well as Cabaret (which wholeheartedly deserved it’s minute long applause - was standing ovation worthy for me but no one else was.), I thought Mein Herr was a surprise sensation, so much grit and energy in it! Loved Fra’s childish take on Emcee which draws you enough for it to get creepy where it needs to be.

I wanna see it so bad! Yes tickets are expensive but I totally get why that is

Hopefully I’ll be able to go

Broadway Bound 🎭🍀🤞♥️

Excellent review.

Forgive me....I had to wonder from your comments talking about Bavarian influences. I'm sure you know the musical takes place in Berlin which is hugely different than Munich....from a theater fan whose family is from Germany and who has lived in Germany. And a brand new fan of yours.

I felt like I was there at the Kit Kat Club with you due to your thorough going through each aspect of this production!

I saw the 1998 revival on Broadway with Alan Cumming as the Emcee. Excellent! It was in the former Studio 54 nightclub. The seating was small cocktail tables that sat four, with a little cocktail table light in the middle of the table.

Hearing you talk about “I do anything” (Finding Nancy) would you do a review on the show and Over the rainbow show? (Finding Dorothy)

An immersive production of Cabaret?
Intriguing. Thanks for sharing. Not one of my top musicals but there are great songs in it.

You're making me seriously wish I lived in the UK, and not because of all the difficulties we have in the US. I want to see this show!

What a brilliant review, Thank You. I love how you support All of your opinions with Reasons! Well done! & you made me really wish I could fly from Hollywood to London & experience this performance!

Go back and see it with Fra Fee.

The nazis at that time were called the brown suits and it is an historically accurate context they put in there

I went for a backstage tour of the theatre and it’s absolutely amazing, we came out searching for tickets

I saw it with Judi Dench as Sally, believe it or not. lol

I find it incredibly telling that out of the entire cast (including the prologue performers) you didn't mention Amaury Douglas as Clifford Bradshaw at all....

just can't get behind eddie redmayne as emcee. once again he defends taking on a role that represents a community he's not a part of. he initially defended playing a Trans woman in "the danish girl", and he only admitted it was a mistake when people brought it up after he accepted the role of emcee. very important to clarify that he never actually apologized (which would be empty given his unchanged behaviour). he also responded to people's desire to see a Queer person play this role as them "pidgeonholing" the character... as Queer??

this character has impacted so many Queer and Trans people which also means there is a very different impact with this casting. i resonated a lot with a medium article called 'Becoming the Emcee: Reflecting on Cabaret and Genderqueerness'
i don't care how good his performance is, i don't want to see cishet eddie get this opportunity before i FINALLY get to see a Trans emcee PLEASE

I went to go watch this production back in March - utterly incredible. My one draw back was my seat! Awful, awful seat! I didn’t have a lot of money so picked the cheapest seat (still £40+) and was sat right at the top, stage right. I would say we missed about 40% of the production from either the way it was staged or by constantly seeing the tops of their heads and nothing else. It was incredible but only once stuff was pretty central and with their heads held high! Cabaret was good because it was so still but we only saw the wig.. which was incredible haha! Wish I could go back and watch it again as it’s my favourite musical but the tickets are just too expensive ❤️‍🩹

Thank you MickeyJo really love your reviews. Again, doing binge catch up on your videos; saw this with Jessie Buckley (so incredible and the people I went with were, like you, dying to see her) and Eddy Redmayne and indeed one of my friends in the cast (who embodies Berlin's Kit Kat club outside of the show - he's a great guy!). This show was worth every penny of the (extremely high) ticket price. If you can take out a small mortgage go see it, even with a new cast.

Because of this I went and found the performance from the Olivier awards… holy moly you weren’t kidding! The staging, acting and singing were incredible!

I got the lottery tickets today! Watching this for a sneak peak

I saw it and loved the show. Can anyone please remind me of the ending. I remember everyone wearing the same outfit but cannot actually remember the last piece of dialogue

Couldn't agree less about Buckley. The night I saw her she stuck out like a bludgeoned, bored and lazy am dram thumb. I had been excited to see her but every time she stepped on stage she sucked me out of the moment and took away from the magic the rest of the excellent cast and crew had created.

Your enthusiasm is contagious I so want to see this production of Cabaret. Agree with you an all-time favorite show. Must be wonderful to live in London and attend so many outstanding theatrical shows. Thank you, for the reviews you make me feel like I'm in the audience experiencing theater.

What about the sets?

Man I'm so jealous. I live on the other side of the world 😭

New to channel, went past there was wondering what the flame of fire was , looked packed with 20’s peeps.

John Kander is not "one of the composers", he's the composer of this musical (Fred Ebb was the lyricist)

I applaud them for having the balls to put this on a lot of theaters companies would probably say heck no out at least over here on the American shores were this fox lives in Texas. There’s been a lot of vocal people trying to censor slash change history the last several years even becoming deniers. It disgust me so much.

Oh Mickey you're so fine, you're so you blow my mind!! especially in that harness!!!

Sadly I was a bit underwhelmed by this production. I think the hype raised my expectations that ultimately it couldn’t meet. The whole being in the Kit Kat Klub was a big fuss over nothing too. Fra Fee was a great emcee though. Have to say I much preferred the production with Will Young about 7-8 years ago which was much more creative and effective.

Brilliant review .......Thankyou

Saw the 2pm showing yesterday. Absolute magic

Can’t wait to see it next month. Do they email you the e-ticket? I’m coming from the US

Sounds like you are not a fan of Eddie Redmayne’s voice

I saw it a few days ago with Mason Alexander and it was absolutely amazing

Just came back from it. WOW!

I am desperate to see some of these stage versions on film or disc! I love Cabaret and listen to reviews but can’t see them! Does anyone know how to get hold of these?
I love this review, it’s both precise and descriptive of the whole evening. I wish I’d been able to go!

I want to see "Brigadoon."

I am so tempted to fly from Australia just to see this!!!!!! Ive seen some clips and yes yes yes. It will no doubt come here but not with such an incredible cast.

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