Vintage clothing, vintage film, food - can't get enough of the stuff, burlesque
Music
Country music - Iris Dement, Dolly Parton, vintage bump and grind, chicks with guitars - like Aimee Mann and Kristen Hersh, The Magnetic Fields, The Flaming Lips, The White Stripes, Billy Bragg
Movies
Favourites include Far from Heaven, All About my Mother, The Princess Bride, and The Thin Man. And classic noir - love it all. Gangster movies too. Current thang is Hammer films - especially Christopher Lee in Dracula.
Television
I miss Buffy, I really do. Love the West Wing too.
Books
My new favourite author is Patricia Wentworth - good old-fashioned locked-room detective fiction. Also In the skin of a lion - Michael Ondaatje, The volcano lover - Susan Sontag. Those are my high-brow choices. Mostly I love crime and detective fiction - the more old-fashioned, the better.
About me: Sassy, sophisticated siren of the burlesque arts seeks those in need of a jolly good laugh - with a whole lot more than just a nod and a wink - for mutually beneficial relationship.
I'm a graduate of Goodtime Mama Jojo's London Academy of Burlesque, and I've danced with, for, at or around Kate Moss' 34th birthday party, Immodesty Blaize, Afternoon Tease, Cabaret Salon at Volupte, Bethnal Green Working Mens Club, Bestival, Velvet and many others.
Here's a run-down of just some of my acts:
How Could Little Red Riding Hood?
Poor Little Red Riding Hood. She has to find her way through those spooky old woods all by herself, with just her quick wits and the contents of her basket to get her through. And when she finally gets there, what the hell has happened to Grandma? Luckily, our Little Red is a resourceful girl...
Now with added choreography Oomph! (TM) from Goodtime Mama JoJo.
Aye Aye, Captain!
What shall we do with the drunken sailor? Well, let’s put her on stage and see what happens. Tallulah leaves her fans ashore this time - hey, they wouldn't fit in the boat - but she has a few other tricks up her sleeve for your enjoyment.
Two Ton Feather
Tallulah has got the blues, the two-ton-feather kind of blues. And the only cure is to shimmy and shake those feathers... just for you. Have you got what it takes to make this Mockingbird fly? Watch and see.
I also have the very good fortune to make up one fifth of the fabulous burlesque troupe, The Teasemaids. If one burlesque artiste just isn't enough - and let's face it, some days it just isn't - then visit us at www.myspace.com/theteasemaids.
Myspace layout from CoolChaser.com.
Check out this clip from the London Burlesque Social Club...
And here's a performance of Two Ton Feather for Help I Need a Wedding Entertainer!:
And this one from Get Me, I'm a Burlesque Legend...
Who I'd like to meet: Anyone with a similar interest in burlesque, or in costumes and vintage clothing. And anyone looking for performers.
THE FINAL ATROCITY! Club Hell is closing its gates for good! 6 acts, 5 DJS. Come celebrate! This'll be quite a thing... Oh, if you want to pop down, I'd turn up early, about 8. It's gonna get busy!
Ha ha ohhhh no, did I hit you??! Sorry!!! :s I wasn't aiming for you, I promise! Hope you had as much fun as I did, anyway, and see you again very soon I hope!
Time To Pick Your Poison: Heaven in High Heels or Hell on Earth.
Welcome to the darkest summer in the history of Birmingham burlesque, and the culprit behind this black summer? None other than Gehenna of the Silk Stocking Striptease Show. However, never fear, bringing the light to the event will be Angel LaVey of the Silk Stocking Striptease Show. Whether you want something, light and comical or dark and deviant, the 9th Silk Stocking Striptease Show will have something for you. Pick your poison, light or dark, we have it all and we guarantee to satisfy your cravings.
The Silk Stocking Striptease Show Nine will be taking place on the 8th of August 2009 at The Flapper Pub. Tickets will cost you £7.50 in advance from www.birminghamburlesque.com and will be on sale until midday on the 8th of August. You will be able to buy tickets on the door at £9 each, subject to availability. The doors to the show open at 7:30pm and the show will begin at 8:30pm.
The Silk Stocking Striptease Show is sponsored by WWW.SMELLYOURMUM.COM offensive slogan t-shirts.
THE CROSS KINGS, 126 YORK WAY, KINGS CROSS, LONDON N1 0AX
THE KATHARINE BLAKE BAND (Members of Mediaeval Baebes, Miranda Sex Garden, Urban Voodoo Machine, and much else besides. This'll be their last show for quite a while... ) TWIN AND TONIC (Remember the wrong side of the 1930s, a time when music was still dangerous? If you do, you probably weren't there. Shame. They're twins, and they conjure up visions of The Andrews Sisters on speed. Go figure.) BATES MOTEL (Acoustic guitar noise, cello and musical saw. And whatever arises.) LUMIERE BROTHERS (Burnt-out lullabies and millennial blues. Sounds like your house at night, before you turn on the lights, & the transistor radio you lost when you were 9). DJS SHE-RA & BEN HELL: Spinning the kind of stuff your mum wouldn't want you to listen to...
We hope to see you all at The Wet Spot on Saturday 27th of June for another top class night! This will be our third show at The Wardrobe in Leeds, and we can't wait!
As always alongside our amazing performers you can count on seeing The Wet Spot's regular attractions such as the infamous table of tat tombola, Rose & Co. frock raffle, bunny girls and a chance to win a £50 gift voucher for Vivien of Holloway! Plus so much more!
50% of tickets have already sold so it looks set to be another full house, tickets can be bought from our lovely sponsors Rose & Co. in The Victoria Quarter, Leeds or from www.thewetspotleeds.co.uk where you can also see photo's from our previous nights in case you were wondering what to expect!
email vikki@rose-apothecary.co.uk if you would like to reserve tickets.
PLUS closer to the night we will be announcing some very, very exciting news about The Wet Spot!
We can't wait to see you there! The Wet Spot x x x
Start the weekend early next thursday evening at the most unusual South London Pacific! Doors open at 8pm....enjoy an afterwork cocktail in our happy hour from 8-10pm and then Dance! Dance! Dance! until 1am!....Kennington/Oval tube
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