cabaret
Let an agent explain cabaret as entertainment and venue, relay history and forms from performing arts sources, describe related venues such as guinguettes, and distinguish cabaret from music hall, revue and nightclubs.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain cabaret as entertainment and venue, relay history and forms from performing arts sources, describe related venues such as guinguettes, and distinguish cabaret from music hall, revue and nightclubs.
A form of entertainment featuring music, song, dance, comedy and drama performed in a restaurant, bar or nightclub setting where the audience is seated at tables, originating in Paris in the 1880s with venues such as the Chat Noir and flourishing in Berlin in the 1920s, and by extension the venue itself, related to the French guinguette, an open-air drinking and dancing establishment, and to modern clubs such as themed cabaret venues; cabaret has a tradition of satire and political commentary.
What it is for: Entertainment in an intimate table setting.
It can be explain the form and venue; relay history; describe related venues; distinguish from music hall and revue.
Distinguishing features
Intimate setting
Mixed acts
Satirical tradition
Venue and form senses
What it looks like
A small stage in a room with audience at tables, often with drinks.
Physical character
Chat Noir opened: 1881 year - Paris
Berlin cabaret peak: 1920s period - Weimar era
How it is recognised
Table-seated entertainment with music, comedy and satire
Parisian and Berlin cabaret, guinguettes, modern cabaret clubs
Music hall and vaudeville use theatre seating; revues are staged shows; nightclubs may lack performance
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms, historically
originated in - in the 1880s
is related to - and revue
In practice
Families and kinds
French cabaret artistique and chanson
German Kabarett with political satire
American nightclub cabaret and supper clubs
guinguettes as open-air establishments
modern and neo-burlesque cabaret
themed cabaret venues
Standards and regulation
Licensing of venues for alcohol and entertainment
Historical censorship of cabaret, especially in Nazi Germany
Performing rights licensing
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing cabaret with music hall or nightclubs
Stale venue information
Ignoring the political history of cabaret
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What cabaret is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and senses.
Definition
Definition.
- What is cabaret as a form and as a venue, and how does it differ from music hall, revue and nightclubs? definition
- Is the question about cabaret in general, a national tradition, a venue or the musical Cabaret? boundary
Forms
Forms.
Forms
Forms.
- How do French cabaret, German Kabarett, American supper club cabaret and guinguettes differ? definition
- Which entry fits the specific form? action
History History.
Attribution.
Origins
Paris and Berlin.
Origins
Origins.
- How did cabaret arise at the Chat Noir and flourish in Weimar Berlin, as historians describe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Politics
Satire and repression.
Politics
Politics.
- How did cabaret carry political satire, and how was it censored and suppressed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Today Cabaret today.
Sources.
Venues
Venues.
Venues
Venues.
- What cabaret venues and festivals exist today, and what do they present? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific venue? action
Performers
Performers.
Performers
Performers.
- Who are notable cabaret performers, historical and contemporary? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific performer? action
Context Culture.
Context.
Culture
Cabaret in culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How has cabaret been portrayed in film and theatre, including the musical Cabaret? provenance
- Which entry fits Cabaret (musical)? action
Guinguette
Guinguettes.
Guinguette
Guinguette.
- What were guinguettes, and how are they revived today? provenance
- Which entry fits guinguette? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should Kabarett and guinguette be separate primary entries?
- How should performing arts sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming a venue type and a specific club; should they be split off?