EastEnd Cabaret is a

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character duo based in London, England, formed in late 2009.

History

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The first incarnation of EastEnd Cabaret was in November 2009 at the iconic

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pub owned by artist Pauline Forster, The

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. 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. 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

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) was taken over by art squatters The Oubliette Arthouse. In 2011, in an article on the London cabaret scene, the duo was named as one of ''

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'' magazine's Top Ten "Cabaret Superstars".

Other media

Television

EastEnd Cabaret filmed two of their songs for the third season of

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's comedy variety show hosted by comedian

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. The episodes were screened in early 2014. They also appeared on

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in 2014 for Comedy Up Late, a live variety show featuring the best of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Radio

EastEnd Cabaret appeared on

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's Edinburgh Fringe programme, "Fun and Filth Cabaret" in 2012. Hosted by

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, it streamed on radio and YouTube. In June 2011, the duo appeared on

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's Late Night Show with

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, performing "Is It in Yet" (a song recounting Bernadette's attempt to deflower three different virgins) to a shocked host, but delighted listeners. EastEnd Cabaret have also performed live on 3 JOY's programme The Cabaret Room with Paul Williamson in Melbourne, as well as on Sundays with

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and

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Online and elsewhere

EastEnd Cabaret's use of online marketing tools was one of the aspects highlighted by judges of

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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.

References

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External links

Official WebsiteEastEnd Cabaret on YouTube
British cabaret performers English comedy musicians