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Atomic Cabaret

 
Ross Anthony Review by Ross Anthony 2 Published: 3 Aug 2025 theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall Show Dates: 1 Aug 2025-9 Aug 2025

Atomic Cabaret goes heavy on the atomic and light on the cabaret. Lynda Williams brings a genuinely laudable passion to a dark and difficult subject, but unfortunately the performance feels more like a government-issue infomercial than a cabaret. The slide deck feels amateur, and the songs struggle to truly captivate.

The upside is that I learned more about MAD realities; the downside is that that’s a hell of a mood killer.

However, the show had poignant moments that prompted serious contemplation – particularly a rendition of Peter Seeger’s translation of Never Again the A Bomb. The upside is that I learned more about MAD realities; the downside is that that’s a hell of a mood killer. A little levity would have helped.

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Atomic Cabaret is a one-woman science-political musical about the existential risks of the nuclear age, starring Lynda Williams, the Physics Chanteuse. Provocative and wildly entertaining, the show exposes the reckless stupidity of the bomb, from Trident to Trinity, and explores how we can stop the madness – with science, satire and song that is smart, sexy, sassy and radical. Atomic Cabaret commemorates the 80th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and is a benefit for Scottish CND. 'Lynda will blow your mind!' (Kip Thorne, Nobel Prize-winning physicist). 'Williams puts the fizz in physics' (People Magazine).