Review: World Burlesque Games: Twisted Crown

Review: World Burlesque Games: Twisted Crown

The “twisted” night of Chaz Royal’s burlesque festival is an institution in its own right. Forewarning is foretasting – the knowing audience laps up the weirdness like breast milk (ew, strike that). From the minute host Benjamin Louche opens with an eerie singing...
Audience Participation: Heroes or Zeroes?

Audience Participation: Heroes or Zeroes?

Ukulele songstress Tricity Vogue interviews singer and porn-peddler Ophelia Bitz on the limits of public interaction in cabaret There’s a man kneeling at my feet on the Bluestockings’ stage. Tonight I think I’ll try a new position, to keep things fresh. I wonder if...