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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Mar 24

It’s St Pat’s Day and it brings back memories of the first cabaret I ever went to. Cabarets were a big deal with the young folk in my home town. The town hall would be divided into ‘logues’ which sat around 8-10 people; you took...

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Me in my heyday

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Mar 20

I found this photo the other day. It’s me in the first long dress I ever wore. It was made for me from a shimmery white fabric. I’m wearing my crystal necklace which I wrote about a while back. I was going to a St Patrick’s Day...

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Book Review Christopher Isherwood Goodbye To Berlin

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Oct 18

1939 Vintage Books. – Spoiler alerts Six overlapping stories set against the backdrop of the declining Weimar republic as The Third Reich rose to power. I have already reviewed companion novel Mr Norris Changes...

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Diary 6th And 7th October 2018

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 7 Oct 18

Diary Saturday 6th October 2018 A big day on Saturday, centred on a visit to Wigan for a friend’s burlesque show. I have supported Bella Besame’s Slippery Belle cabarets since my days in Manchester and missed getting to them...

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The Creepiest Song Ever Used In A Musical Tomorrow Belongs To Me From Cabaret

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 12 Jan 17

1972’s movie musical cabaret is one of my favourite movies ever, based loosely on the Berlin Sally Bowles stories by Christopher Isherwood, which are terrific reading in their own right. Unlike many musicals, the songs all take...

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Diary Saturday 11th June 2016

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 12 Jun 16

My mum’s 76th birthday today and though she is very ill and effectively housebound she liked her card and present that I got for her, a copy of the Sherlock Holmes movie, Mr Holmes. I spent most of the day online before heading...

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Diary Monday 6th June 2016

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 7 Jun 16

The atmosphere at home is quite miserable and oppressive with my sister’s utter silence towards me ongoing. Fortunately I had a lovely comedy poetry event to attend in the evening and I headed out nice and early to prepare for...

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Is Life a Cabaret

Alfredo Rossi @amadeo (111937) • United States 26 Apr 16

Good morning.Take your choice we have rain,snow,cold etc. A wet one.I guess my garden is on hold for now.Hopefully that May will be a much better warm one. The other day I post life is a game?today is life a cabaret? Stay dry....

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Diary Monday 11th April 2016

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 11 Apr 16

I found out a cabaret show I was invited to participate in months ago has now not included me on its list of performers, after I took the time and trouble to prepare material for it. I got a vague apology about being ‘forgotten’...

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Diary Sunday 10th April 2016

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 10 Apr 16

A slow quiet day after my long day out yesterday. As I got home late due to bus diversions I didn’t get to ring my friend up to say I’d got home safely last night so I rang her first thing this morning instead, and she had worried...

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Diary Saturday 2nd April 2016

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 3 Apr 16

I went to the city centre library in Manchester to get print outs of the online ticket purchased for a burlesque cabaret I was attending in the evening and the script for a comedy show I’m appearing in myself on Monday. From...

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Photo – The All About Evil Cabaret.

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 17 Mar 16

A few years back I was involved in a very unusual cabaret show at Manchester’s Cornerhouse Cinema as part of the Abandon Normal Devises (AND) Arts Festival. The cinema was screening a spoof horror movie, All About Evil, made by...

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My Struggles With A Kazoo

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 13 Mar 16

I can’t play musical instruments. Not only am I rubbish on piano and violin, I can’t even get a note out of a simple kazoo. I was at a cabaret in Manchester a few years back where musicians came round handing everyone kazoos so...

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Diary Monday 7th December 2015

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 8 Dec 15

Lots of shopping today, finally posting off my long distance Christmas cards, buying my 2016 diary, and I received my own first Xmas card, a virtual one right here on Mylot. The weather turned unexpectedly pleasant after a...

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Diary – Monday 5th October 2015

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 6 Oct 15

A great day for me today. I caught up on a lot of my writing projects, developing my short story and radio play, Wendigo Water into a novel. It will involve a lot more writing / rewriting yet to expand it but it is certainly off...

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The Live Show Went Really Well

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 8 Sep 15

The comedy cabaret poetry night themed round Raiders Of The Lost Ark went really well. My own set was very well received, and I had great support from a male member of the cast I dragged on stage to play the female lead – cheers...

A Warning on Craigs List.. Would this affect your decision on going there?

moonlitmagikchild @moonlitmagikchild (22181) • United States 12 Sep 08

i was cruising around on craigs list and i saw this one post saying "BE WARNED" so of course i click on it.. and it says... (i had to bleep out the identity for obvious reasons) [b]"***********'s Cabaret will hire you and fire...

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The Puppini Sisters

Phaedra_Scythe @Phaedra_Scythe (3325) 23 Mar 08

Is anyone else a huge fan of The Puppini Sisters? I came across a song of theirs on MySpace (a cover of an Andrews Sisters classic) quite some time ago now and thought they were superb ever since. I have both of their albums...

Patty Plinko and Her Boy

Phaedra_Scythe @Phaedra_Scythe (3325) 27 Feb 08

Has anyone else heard of this superb musical nutbar and gas-masked "Her Boy"? I had the pleasure of first hearing them last year when they were supporting The Puppini Sisters (check out the videos for their singles "Spooky" and...

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political satire

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Musicals!

Phaedra_Scythe @Phaedra_Scythe (3325) 14 Mar 07

Are there any other fans of musicals about? Be it stage or screen or Buffy? I can't explain it, but I just love them. It's such a buzz to have a daft sing-a-long. My favourites are Kiss Me Kate, Rocky Horror Picture Show,...

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