by C.J. Lazaretti | May 18, 2012 | Features
A sold-out show with 35 performers in one night, all cheered on by a maniacally enthusiastic crowd. Students at The Cheek of It! burlesque school get a taste of show business adulation – and they haven’t even graduated yet. C.J. Lazaretti talks to beginners and...
by C.J. Lazaretti | May 14, 2012 | Reviews
Burlesque doesn’t get more Olympic than this. 13 artists from nine countries met at Bush Hall to compete for the World Female Crown, the top award at Chaz Royal’s World Burlesque Games. Accomplished routines delivered with confidence and panache were the norm: more...
by C.J. Lazaretti | May 14, 2012 | Reviews
Bush Hall is Chaz Royal’s battlefield of choice. The habitual setting of the yearly newcomer’s contest, it also housed the “female crowns” of the all-competitive World Burlesque Games. Preceding World Female Crown, its international counterpart, British Female Crown...
by Franco Milazzo | May 11, 2012 | Reviews
Pitched at the halfway mark of the World Burlesque Games, the festival’s all-male event drew a packed crowd to a humid Royal Vauxhall Tavern on Thursday night. This was not the first night this week in which men featured prominently: on Tuesday, Kiki Lovechild...
by C.J. Lazaretti | Apr 27, 2012 | Reviews
“Let’s wake ’em up upstairs!” yells Holly Penfield as she leads a dancing mob through the plush surroundings of the Beaufort Bar. You’d never tell it’s been 60 years since the Savoy Hotel last hosted a cabaret show, judging from the enthusiasm and consummate talent in...
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