{"id":27786,"date":"2015-11-04T10:17:09","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T10:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=27786"},"modified":"2015-11-04T10:17:09","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T10:17:09","slug":"cardiff-gets-a-new-cabaret-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/11\/04\/cardiff-gets-a-new-cabaret-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff gets a new cabaret act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the mood for some theatrics? Then the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shermancymru.co.uk\/homepage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sherman Cymru<\/a> is the place to be on 13 and 14 November. Bringing the glitter back to Wales, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwcf.wales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Welsh Cabaret Festival<\/a> (IWCF) will make its debut with a two day event.<\/p>\n<p>Co-founder of IWCF <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foofoolabelle.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephanie Gawne<\/a> says, the festival will not only be a melting pot for performers and promoters to network, but also put Cardiff\u2019s \u201cfringe culture\u201d on the map.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27788\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 468px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/performers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27788\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/performers-468x312.jpg\" alt=\"(Clockwise) Performances by Sir Midnight Blues, Daisy Cutter, Sandy Sure, Kiki Lovechild, Lady Francescca and Lou Safire at IWCF. Image credit: IWCF, MrSuave_Foto, berniegogo, JaeStorerPhotography\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27788\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/performers-468x312.jpg\" alt=\"(Clockwise) Performances by Sir Midnight Blues, Daisy Cutter, Sandy Sure, Kiki Lovechild, Lady Francescca and Lou Safire at IWCF. Image credit: IWCF, MrSuave_Foto, berniegogo, JaeStorerPhotography\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> (Clockwise) Performances by Sir Midnight Blues, Daisy Cutter, Sandy Sure, Kiki Lovechild, Lady Francescca and Lou Safire at IWCF. Image credit: IWCF, MrSuave_Foto, berniegogo, JaeStorerPhotography<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That Friday will showcase 12 upcoming acts, culminating into the first Cwtch Awards. The winner will join the prestigious line up taking the stage at Saturday\u2019s Gala Night.<\/p>\n<p>IWCF will bring together Europe\u2019s finest \u2013 from Lou Safire, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auroragalore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aurora Galore<\/a> and Kiki Lovechild to George Orange and Sweden\u2019s Lady Francescca.\u00a0&#8220;It (IWCF) started off as a wishlist of what we would like to go and watch,&#8221; adds\u00a0Gawne, &#8220;and we wanted to\u00a0have them all on one night in Cardiff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">The festival\u00a0promises to offer glamour, singing and that <\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5\">je ne sais quoi<\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aurora Galore performs at the Welsh Cabaret Festival<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":328,"featured_media":27788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[4754,4755,764,3752,4756,4757,4758,4759,4760,4761,4762,4763,4764,4765,4766,4767,4768,4769,4770,4771,4772,1430,4773,4774,4775,4776],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-27786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-aurora-galore","tag-burlesque-cardiff","tag-cabaret","tag-cardiff-cabaret-club","tag-ceri-harris","tag-clowning","tag-cwtch-awards","tag-daisy-cutter","tag-dr-sketchy","tag-drag-makeup","tag-foofoola-belle","tag-fringe-culture","tag-go-go-dancing","tag-iwcf","tag-kiki-lovechild","tag-lady-francescca","tag-lady-wildflower","tag-lilly-laudanum","tag-lou-safire","tag-miss-betty-blue-eyes","tag-sandy-sure","tag-sherman-cymru","tag-sir-midnight-blues","tag-stephanie-gawne","tag-tuesday-laveau","tag-vintage-hair"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff gets a new cabaret act - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sherman Cymru is hosting the International Welsh Cabaret Festival (IWCF) on 13 and 14 November. 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