EastEnd Cabaret

EastEnd Cabaret is a musical comedy cabaret character duo based in London, England, formed in late 2009.[1]

EastEnd Cabaret
Bernadette Byrne (left) and Victor Victoria
Background information
GenresCabaret Comedy
Years active2009 (2009)–present
Associated actsDusty Limits, Amanda Palmer, Camille O'Sullivan, Frisky and Mannish, Die Roten Punkte, Desmond O'Connor, The Tiger Lillies
Websitewww.eastendcabaret.com
MembersBernie Dieter, Victoria Falconer-Pritchard

History
Poster for The Revolution Will Be Sexual

The first incarnation of EastEnd Cabaret was in November 2009 at the iconic East End pub owned by artist Pauline Forster, The George Tavern. The show was called Bernadette Byrne (Bernie Dieter) and the EastEnd Cabaret, and took the form of a cabaret revue, featuring singers, poets and comedians.[2]

EastEnd Cabaret created and curated "The Attic" in December 2010, a pop-up cabaret bar in an illegal squat in Soho. The building (which once housed the Limelight Club, famed in the 1980s for celebrity nightclubbers including Prince) was taken over by art squatters The Oubliette Arthouse.[3]

In 2011, in an article on the London cabaret scene, the duo was named as one of Time Out magazine's Top Ten "Cabaret Superstars".[4]

Other media

Television

EastEnd Cabaret filmed two of their songs for the third season of Live at the Electric, BBC Three's comedy variety show hosted by comedian Russell Kane. The episodes were screened in early 2014. They also appeared on ABC2 in 2014 for Comedy Up Late, a live variety show featuring the best of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[5]

Radio
Bernadette Byrne (left) and Victor Victoria at BBC London

EastEnd Cabaret appeared on BBC Radio 1's Edinburgh Fringe programme, "Fun and Filth Cabaret" in 2012. Hosted by Nick Grimshaw, it streamed on radio and YouTube.[6] In June 2011, the duo appeared on BBC London's Late Night Show with Joanne Good, performing "Is It in Yet" (a song recounting Bernadette's attempt to deflower three different virgins) to a shocked host, but delighted listeners.[7]

EastEnd Cabaret have also performed live on 3 JOY's programme The Cabaret Room with Paul Williamson[8] in Melbourne, as well as on Sundays with Libbi Gorr on 774 ABC Melbourne, Fresh Air, SAFM and 891 ABC Adelaide.

Online and elsewhere

EastEnd Cabaret's use of online marketing tools was one of the aspects highlighted by judges of The Hospital Club hClub100 award. The music video for their original song, "Dangerwank", filmed and edited by Triple A Films, has had over 28,000 hits to date.[9]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "EastEnd Cabaret Celebrates Three Years of Salacious Songs, Gin and Half-Moustaches". Thisiscabaret.com. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. "Review: The Attic @ The Oubliette Arthouse". Londonist.com. 9 January 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. "EastEnd Cabaret - ABC2 Comedy Up Late 2014 (E5)". YouTube. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. "East End Cabaret - Fun and Filth Cabaret 2012: Day 1". YouTube. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  8. Paul Williamson (1 April 2011). "The Cabaret Room: February 2011". Paul-williamson.blogspot.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  9. "Dangerwank: The Official Music Video | EastEnd Cabaret". YouTube. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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