by This Is Cabaret | Feb 11, 2015 | Burlesque, News
When it emerged in January that Jacques Patriaque, co-founder and CEO of Annual Boylesque Festival Vienna had trademarked the word “boylesque” in 2014, many an eyebrow was raised. London Burlesque Festival producer Chaz Royal’s plans to launch his...
by This Is Cabaret | Jan 31, 2015 | Burlesque, News
The furore over Jacques Patriaque’s choice to trademark the word “boylesque” shows no sign of abating. Lawyers acting on behalf of the co-founder and CEO of the Vienna Boylesque Festival sent a strongly-worded letter to Chaz Royal, the producer of...
by This Is Cabaret | Jan 29, 2015 | Burlesque, News
What’s in a word? Quite a lot apparently. According to infamous impresario Chaz Royal, Boylesque Festival Vienna founder Jacques Patriaque has trademarked the term “boylesque” and is pulling up the drawbridge. Royal has been issued legal papers...
by This Is Cabaret | Jan 15, 2015 | Burlesque, News
Last week, industry website 21st Century Burlesque revealed the results of its latest annual poll sponsored by Sublime Boudoir and announced the top 50 burlesque performers in the world as voted for by their peers and members of the public. While the final results...
by Franco Milazzo | Jan 6, 2015 | Burlesque, Features, Interview
Calling itself “the sexiest, most fun show on the planet” and promising to be “unlike any other burlesque act you’ve seen”, The SuicideGirls: Blackheart Burlesque lands in London this Saturday. The American show’s original plan for a...
by This Is Cabaret | Dec 9, 2014 | Burlesque, News, Variety
The Madame Jojo’s bandwagon rolls on with fresh developments every day it seems. This morning, performers union Equity announced today that it had noticed a nightclub-shaped barn door that could do with some shutting and written to Westminster Council saying how...
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