LONDON WONDER GROUND Southbank Centre, London

For the third year running, there is a summer-long, May to September, festival of cabaret, circus and sideshows and it is taking place on a site right next to Hungerford Bridge and the Golden Jubilee Bridges, and seconds away from the London Eye. The site is all part of an amusement park, which its creators liken to early 20th century Coney Island, with fairground, live music, dancing and outdoor bars.
Performances take place in a wooden circus tent. There are seven main shows running in repertoire and more than 40 different vaudeville acts, with singers, comedians, acrobats and drag artists, being staged during the whole season. So there is plenty of choice. So far I have seen This is Ceilidh (pronounced Kay-lee), a traditional Scottish shindig which involves Gaelic folk music and dancing, which had come straight from the Edinburgh Festival. It was like attending a party. You could either dance or sit at a table and have a drink and watch. Most people danced.