We would like to be able to fly her to Vegas to be inducted into the Burlesque Hall of Fame in America. Inspired by America's Burlesque Hall of Fame Legends night I've decided to host an event honoring our legends and pioneers. The event follows a time line through the history of our burlesque including footage and recreations. In 1843 a burlesque performer raised her skirts to the mining towns of
Victoria, they showered the performer with gold nuggets. Abe Saffron had some of the most notorious strip clubs in the world and the performers are still alive to tell their tales. When Elizabeth Burton performed for the troops in Vietnam, they stopped the war until she was finished. The eighties and nineties saw the evolution of what was once the most hardcore performance niche on the planet- in Sydney…
These and many other incredible stories will unfold as Australia’s Queen of Burlesque, Imogen Kelly, takes you on a trip through time to unearth Australia’s secret history of burlesque legends. From Lola Montez to Miss N**e World, from Norman Lindsay Tableau Vivants to 65 year old ladies doing bump and grind- this night has it all. Footage:
Annette Kellerman the original Million Dollar Mermaid
The Corrick Family films
Australia’s fastest Tassel Twirler from The Tivoli
Vonni of Les Girls
Performances by
Marrisa Yeo as Lola Montez
Lola The Vamp demonstrates the Victorian way
Gypsy Wood a tribute to Norman Lindsay
Imogen Kelly Tributes Pauletta Perry “The Ostrich Girl” from the Tivioli
Tasia and The Go-Gettes as The Whiskey Girls
Jeanette Luke of Whiskey A Go Go Fame
Lilikoi and Kim Kaos
Birdman on the Mic
Doris Goddard of B-grade Hollywood movie star fame
Cindy Pastel the inspiration for Pricilla Queen of the Desert
Lauren La Rouge sharing the Mic
Christa Hughes of Machine Gun Fe****io
Glitta Supernova of Gurlesque
Judith Lanigan of Go Go Burlesco
Tiger Lil of Tarnished
And finally Elizabeth Burton!!!! By the way, if you should stumble upon a nice old lady who knows how to bump and grind- send her my way! X
Tickets:
http://www.factorytheatre.com.au/events/2012/02/11/a-living-history-of-australian-burlesque-factory-floor
