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...
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...