For Thursday and Friday, September 17–18, Zédel (Crazy Coqs) offers a particularly compact way into London’s cabaret-and-song tradition. Its programme gathers two contrasting Thursday vocal sets and a Friday theatrical turn, all inside the small Sherwood Street room. The useful angle is proximity: one venue, three approaches to performance, and a clear sense of how a song can carry a personal history, a new record or a deliberately unruly stage persona.[1]

Thursday, September 17: two singers, two frames

Kate Dimbleby begins Thursday at 6:30pm with An Intimate Voice (or 108 songs to let it all out). The title suggests an unusually broad personal archive, while Dimbleby’s own work moves across original songwriting, a cappella material and voice-centred performance. Her 2024 album Deep Waters was made with a band that includes Keith Warmington, who appears in the event packet for this Crazy Coqs date; that continuity gives the early set a useful context for listeners drawn to arrangements as much as repertoire.[1][2]

At 8:45pm, Rachael Calladine Quintet launches Soho Elegy. The timing is unusually precise: the record arrives on Friday, September 18, the day after the concert. ECN Music describes the release as a collection of original songs written principally with pianist Adrian York and guitarist Pat McCarthy, with two Calladine compositions. Its subject matter reaches into Calladine’s experience of Soho’s 1990s jazz world, making a launch at Crazy Coqs feel geographically apt without turning the evening into heritage display.[1][3]

The two bills make a strong same-night proposition for people who prefer close listening to a genre sampler. Dimbleby’s route begins with the individual voice and its possibilities; Calladine’s widens the lens toward jazz, soul and classic popular song, with a regular quartet credited on the record. Choose the 6:30pm show for a focused vocal encounter, the 8:45pm set for a full album-launch frame, or build Thursday around both.[1][2][3]

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Friday, September 18: Cabaret With Balls

Friday at 7pm changes the temperature. Cabaret With Balls: Woman on the Edge brings Charlie Bicknell and Louise Innes to Crazy Coqs for a 75-minute show billed by the venue as a mixture of songs, radio-broadcast detours and surprises, accompanied by pianist David Harrod with Solomon Bain. Bicknell’s own material locates her practice across cabaret, eclectic jazz and circus, while identifying Innes as her collaborator in the duo’s earlier work. That gives this date a performance-first character: song is central, yet the form is intentionally elastic.[1][4]

This is the best pick of the three for a reader seeking a night with comic and theatrical edges around the music. It also keeps the guide’s scale sensible. Crazy Coqs’ flexible layout is designed for small-stage performance, and the venue lists food and drink service before and during shows; the result is a room where the shift from a singer’s detail to a bigger cabaret gesture can register quickly.[1][4]

Practical route through the room

Zédel (Crazy Coqs) is at 20 Sherwood Street, London W1F 7ED. Kate Dimbleby is at 6:30pm on Thursday, September 17; Rachael Calladine Quintet follows at 8:45pm. Cabaret With Balls is at 7pm on Friday, September 18. Book the one that matches your preferred form of song, or make Thursday a two-show evening with time to reset between doors. Recheck the official Crazy Coqs and artist pages before travelling for tickets, timings, access information and any late programme changes.[1][2][3][4]

These concerts happened on 17–18 September 2026

The next dates at these venues: Zédel (Crazy Coqs)

Sources

  1. Calendar | Cabaret, Live Music Venue | Crazy Coqs, Soho — Brasserie Zédel
  2. Kate Dimbleby — Kate Dimbleby
  3. Soho Elegy — ECN Music
  4. Shows — Charlie Bicknell