04/14/2026
It's time to introduce one of our performers for SHIMMER & SHAKE BURLESQUE SHOW this Saturday at the
Melody Mangler is an award winning, internationally renowned burlesque performer who has toured Europe, the United States and did a three week tour of Australia with burlesque superstar, Catherine D’Lish.
Always someone looking to advance her art form, she co-founded the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival at a time when there were only three burlesque festivals in existence. This move put Vancouver on the map as a burlesque destination.
Melody created Screaming Chicken Theatrical Society, a not for profit burlesque centered theater company, which ran for 16 years. This group consistently pushed the artistic boundaries of burlesque and provided a rehearsal space and stage for hundreds of performers over the years.
She has taught in cities all over the world and has gotten over 300 women onto the burlesque stage for their first time through her signature two month course Becoming Burlesque.
She now runs the consistently sold out Glam Slam East Van weirdo wrestling show, variety spectaculars , Dreadful Delights and Garden of Delights as well as performance art based cabaret Beyond Bizarre. Starting her burlesque career in 2003, she is known as Vancouver's tattooed fireball, and has been a constant competitor at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas winning Best Debut, Best Large Group and Most Comedic. From clowning, to gorelesque to chair acrobatics, you never know what strange world Melody will create for you on the stage.
Get those tickets to Melody on April 18th!
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