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315:, dedicated to the themes of decadence and disillusion. It included a number of original songs by himself and his musical collaborator and accompanist, Michael Roulston. It has been reprised several times, being largely rewritten and updated each time. He performed a completely revised version of the show at the Famous Spiegeltent as part of the Edinburgh Fringe 2010, earning 5-star reviews. 27: 144: 221:
Since 1992, they also performed as an actor on stage and film, sometimes also performing under the name of Dorian Black. They perform regularly throughout the UK as a singer, comic and compere, both in solo shows and as part of variety bills. They are the director and compere of the Black Cat Cabaret
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review of 2008 (edition of 18 December) named him as one of the four main neo-cabaret guards, (along with Jonny Woo, Justin Bond and Empress Stah) who had done "exceptional work". In the same issue, he was also one of the 10 "scene leaders" invited to share their personal highlights of the year in
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As well as performing, Limits works as a voice coach, writer and director. He has directed at the Central School of Speech and Drama where he has also delivered lectures on the subject of Kleinkunst. His special area is "narrative cabaret", theatrical work using a cabaret or 'Kleinkunst' format.
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In 2008, he co-produced a mock wedding at the Bethnal Green Working Men's Club, in which the elements of the normal wedding service – e.g. the First Reading – became cabaret acts, and which included performances by many of London's top cabaret and burlesque artistes.
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In 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Limits hosted a nightly revue at the Bongo Club Cabaret. In 2007, he was winner in the Ministry of Burlesque Awards for both Best Male Singer and Best Male Performer.
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which appeared at the Café de Paris every Friday in 2013, along with frequent appearances at the Café de Paris and which now takes place at various London venues. They also produced and co-hosted the monthly Savoy Cabaret at the Savoy Hotel.
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Along with Tricity Vogue, he wrote and performed a season of satirical sketches and songs in the Private Eye Dining Room, upstairs at Norman's Coach and Horses in Soho.
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He has appeared every year from 2002 in the Battersea Barge pantomime, which he has written and directed several times. He performed as Hildegaard Von Boss in
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Alternative Eurovision competition. He performed an original song entitled "Je Suis Eurostar", a parody of Eurovision, under the name 'Dana Euronational'.
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They were the director and host of Cabaret at Scarfes Bar, which took place monthly at the Rosewood London from 2014 to 2017.
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From 2007 to 2009, he programmed and hosted a monthly new-cabaret showcase at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern called first
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In 2004, he performed at the Brisbane International Cabaret Festival. In 2006, he performed at Don't Tell Mama and
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They are the Patron of Cabaret vs Cancer, a charity which raises money for cancer relief and research in the UK.
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In 2008, Limits appeared as a guest performer in the sell-out season of Miss Behave's Variety Nighty at
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In May 2010 and again in 2011, he was one of a handful of top London cabaret artists to perform at the
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He performed in 2010 as part of the Grimeborn Festival in a short experimental opera piece entitled
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In 2015, he released an album of original songs written with composer Michael Roulston, entitled
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He has appeared on the bill with many of the leading performers in the worlds of neo-
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Limits performs throughout the UK and abroad as a cabaret singer, comic and compere.
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artistes, and solo on page 20 where he was posed reading a book in a standing pose.
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They won the London Cabaret Award for Best Host/Compere in 2012, 2013 and 2015.
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In 2009, he was one of four major neo-cabaret artists to perform as part of
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From 2003 to 2005, he had his own monthly show in London under the titles
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in New York City. He also appeared on the bill of Weimar New York at the
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issue 1958, the Sex and Books issue, as part of a group of five leading
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cover in a special edition celebrating the resurgence of cabaret.
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In January 2011, Limits was one of ten cabaret artists, including
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article examining the resurgence of cabaret, the others being
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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Limits was one of three cabaret performers profiled by a
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Limits appears as one of ten 'cover-stars' of a special
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