Review: Burlescapade

Review: Burlescapade

Can students from two competing schools ever come together to create something new? Can they shake off their diverse tutelage to perform on the same stage or will they always co-exist like star-crossed lovers who see each other across a darkened burlesque parlour...
Why Are Our Knickers Getting Smaller?

Why Are Our Knickers Getting Smaller?

Frilly knickers no longer enjoy the favour they once did among professional bump-and-grinders. Singer and compère Ivy Paige considers the impact of C-strings and merkins in the aesthetics of modern burlesque.   Do you dare to bare? Once upon a time it was all about...
Backstage at the Cheek of It! Burlesque Revue

Backstage at the Cheek of It! Burlesque Revue

  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...