With its congenial meet the crowd introduction you could well be mistaken in thinking that ‘East End Cabaret’ is just another cabaret show. ‘East End Cabaret’ is however much, much better than that.

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Playing to a standing room only crowd, Around the World in 80 men is a classical lounge act cataloguing stories of erotic ineptitude, drunken escapades and love gone wrong.

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‘The Damsel in Shining Armour’ is a remarkable story of personal growth told to a soundtrack of Celine Dion. Escaping from her home town and moving first to Paris and then Australia, the character begins as an emotionally immature young woman seeking a life of excitement and passion.

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The ‘Best of the Fest Cabaret’ provides an good opportunity for cabaret newcomers to experience the full range of the genre in the lavish surroundings of the Dans Paleis.

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The bongo club emerges once more to offer its stage the most anarchic and outrageous acts to grace the alleys of the fringe. Billing itself as a remedy to the commercialisation of the Edinburgh fringe the bongo club seeks to be a ‘best of’ show for the free fringe promoting more avante-garde performances and acts still making their mark on the festival scene.

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The Tiger Lilies return to the Edinburgh Fringe like the last sober remnants of a carnival wedding. Sampling their impressive back catalogue of brutal ballads and infectious melodies they offer something for all fans of schadenfreude.

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La Petite Mort is an exploration of sexuality through the medium of cabaret. Opening the act with a humorous anti-striptease it proceeds to discuss some of the more unusual aspects of human sexuality through story and song.

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Shut up and sing parody’s the process of creating a pop sensation. Looking at the song itself as well as the unique wardrobe and dancing styles of pop Quinn’s act highlights the marketing mix that is designed to hook the tween market and the manufactured nature of the bands there in.

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Mrs Bang is a woman on the edge. Abandoned on the night of her shows opening by her band and stripped of her hopes for a major production she slowly breaks down before your eyes revealing her broken loves, outrageous dreams and life of failures.

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Des O’Connor, Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer, Sarah Louise Young…me me me combines three of alternative cabaret’s best in a lunchtime revue of their finest songs in the fantastic surroundings of the Ghillie Dhu

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