Verbal Gerbil Cabaret

Verbal Gerbil is hosting another Verbal Gerbil Cabaret in Sheffield on Wednesday 28 October, a spoken word and cabaret night that brings together poetry and performance under one roof. It's a night built around the spoken word, with the cabaret side of things adding the theatrical flair that keeps it from feeling like a standard open mic.

If you're not already familiar with the city's drag and cabaret scene, it's worth knowing that Sheffield has a following of its own. The local scene is home to Cryptid Queers, a project by King Confuza that stages alternative drag events and runs Camp Cryptid workshops for emerging performers. That project points the way towards the darker, more experimental side of the city's drag, and the Verbal Gerbil Cabaret sits right inside that same community. It's the kind of night that fits in with the more adventurous end of the city's performance art, where the line between a poem and a piece of theatre is often blurred.

Because it's a cabaret night, you're getting a mix of spoken word and stage performance rather than just one thing after another. The focus is on the voice and the live act, and it's hosted by Verbal Gerbil, who keeps the evening moving. It's a mid-week one, so it's a good shout if you're looking for something to do on a Wednesday night in the city.

Verbal Gerbil Cabaret is in Sheffield on Wednesday 28 October.